GREYCELL #73

X, under construction is inspired from the Angkor Wat Temple in Cambodia and Rameshwaram and Minakashi Temples in India. X will comprise of 18 homes for various Hindu gods with focus on Lord Ram and Sita. The plan is spearheaded by Acharya Kishore Kunal. Patna based, Mahavir Mandir Trust first proposed the project, under the name of _____ Angkor Wat Ram Mandir in Hajipur, the twin city of Patna. But temple trust acquired 110 acres of land in East Champaran district and therefore the earlier site of Islampur near Hajipur was moved to Kesariya, Bihar. Identify X and what is its claim to fame?

GREYCELL #70

Manager Pankaj Gupta asked the Lord Mayor at a function if his team could meet X. X came to City Hall to meet the Indian team and had a picture taken with Y, a memento which Y cherished all his life. In the evening, at the cricket ground, India played a match, which was X's first hockey match. So impressed was X by Y's style of play that he told him, "You score goals like runs in cricket." Years later, Y considered meeting X was one of the most exciting moments of life. Id X and Y. 

GREYCELL #69

Simple one. Print ad for? 

GREYCELL #68

"X" baby syndrome, is characterized by multiple, symmetric, circumcision skin creases, or bands, on the forearms, lower legs, and often the neck that are present at birth. The creases disappear later in life. Associated abnormalities vary and may include facial dysmorphism, upslanting palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, cleft palate, genital anomalies, mild developmental delay, ureterocele, smooth muscle hamartoma, nevus lipomatosus, Laron syndrome and other defects. Identify X. 

 

GREYCELL #67

SITTER :
This is a "Portuguese water dog". Give its name and the claim to fame.

                               

GREYCELL #66

Folklore traces "X" to the Lord Shiva who is said to have taught X to his son Murugan. While disguised as an old man, Murugan passed the knowledge of X to the sage Agastya who then recorded it and disseminated the skill among his students. X literally means "art of vital points". and is a component of traditional massage, medicine, and martial arts in which the body's pressure points are manipulated to heal or cause harm.Usually taught as an advanced aspect of unarmed Indian fighting systems, strikes are targeted at the nerves, veins, tendons, organs and bone joints. What is X?  

GREYCELL #65

X lost part of his "nose" in a sword duel against fellow Danish nobleman Manderup Parsberg. X had earlier quarrelled with Parsbjerg over the legitimacy of a mathematical formula, at a wedding dance at professor Lucas Bachmeister's house. Since neither had the resources to prove the other wrong, they ended up resolving the issue with a duel. Though the two later reconciled, the duel two days later, resulted in X losing the bridge of his nose. From this event X  became interested in medicine and alchemy. For the rest of his life, he was said to have worn a replacement made of silver and gold, using a paste or glue to keep it attached. Nonetheless, after chemically analyzing "a small bone sample from the nose" from the body exhumed in 2010, reported the prosthetic was "made out of brass". Identify X. 

GREYCELL #64

What has been blanked out ? 

GREYCELL #63

If X-mode is activated in the recent version of temple run, it makes the runner invincible, provides a coin magnet, and turns on auto-guidance for limited period of time. What is X? 

GREYCELL #62

Sitter connect. 

  
  

GREYCELL #61

X written by Y was actually written about "Thanksgiving", and titled "One Horse Open Sleigh". Music historian James Fuld notes that “the word ____ in the title and opening phrase is apparently an imperative verb.” X was inspired by the town’s popular sleigh races during the 1800s. A plaque at 19 High Street in the center of Medford Square in Medford, Massachusetts commemorates the "birthplace" of X. Identify X and Y. 

GREYCELL #60

Identify the famous book which has a number of "BOOKS" inside. Who is the author? 

 The First Book: The Twice-Born Tale
 The Second Book: The Duel With the Crown
 The Third Book: The Rains Came
 The Fourth Book: A Raj Quartet
 The Fifth Book: The Powers of Silence
 The Sixth Book: Forbidden Fruit
 The Seventh Book: The Son Also Rises
 The Eighth Book: Midnight's Parents
 The Ninth Book: Him — Or, the Far Power-Villain
 The Tenth Book: Darkness at Dawn
 The Eleventh Book: Renunciation — Or, the Bed of Arrows
 The Twelfth Book: The Man Who Could Not Be King
 The Thirteenth Book: Passages Through India
 The Fourteenth Book: The Rigged Veda
 The Fifteenth Book: The Act of Free Choice
 The Sixteenth Book: The Bungle Book — Or, the Reign of Error
 The Seventeenth Book: The Drop of Honey — A Parable
The Eighteenth Book: The Path to Salvation

GREYCELL #59

"X mafia" is a term used to indicate a group of former X employees and founders who have since founded and developed additional technology companies such as Tesla Motors, Palantir Technologies, Space-X, Yelp Inc., Yammer etc. It gained even wider exposure when a 2007 article in Fortune Magazine used this phrase in its headline and featured a photo of former X employees in gangster attire. Id X.

GREYCELL #58

PUT FUNDA. What has been blanked out? 

GREYCELL #56

What has been blanked out? Put Funda.

       

GREYCELL #55

Wikipedia "disambiguation" page of what? 

GREYCELL #54

Put funda. (Or give X)

Out with the old and in with the new,
First it was _____, now X, too.
While Nexus and Android are bathed in attention,
X's passed over with barely a mention.

Confusing of name, though with a personal touch,
Ladened with gadgets, it all proved too much.
But oft go astray, it's said of best laid plans,
Our warmest regards to all four of its fans.

GREYCELL #53

Put funda:

GREYCELL #52

The headquarters for the X Federation is in Nantes, France but, only once has a player from France won a "X World championship" in over 30 years. In Turkey, X is described according to the sound the ball makes and  they call it "LANGIRT". French-style players often call X as “baby-foot”. Its also known by other names like SLUG, GITONI, TA-TA BOX, CANCHITAS and so on. Fredric Collignon has won seven world championships of X and is considered to be the world’s best player of the decade. Identify X. 

GREYCELL #51

• X was used by some early NASA manned space flights. In 1962, when Mercury astronaut John Glenn conducted eating experiments in orbit, X was selected for the menu, and was also used during some Gemini flights. In 2013, Buzz Aldrin stated that "X sucks".   
• X can be mixed with "Jim Beam" bourbon to make a cocktail called "Moon Beam". 
• A household tip says X is an excellent dishwasher cleaning agent due to its high citric acid content. 
• At one time, Philadelphia authorities attempted to deter addicts from misusing doses of methadone by packaging it in combination with X; this was carried out under the reasoning that nobody would be foolish enough to intravenously inject the combination, but apparently someone was.   
• X was a component of the liquid explosive allegedly intended for use in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot (along with hydrogen peroxide and Hexamine), to produce HMTD, an explosive compound.  

  What is X ?

GREYCELL #50

                                                    Advertisement by which product?

GREYCELL #49

X is a Pakistani animated television series airing on Geo Tez. Created and directed by pop star Haroon and produced at Unicorn Black production studios, the show features "Jiya", a teacher at a girls school whose alter ego is a super-heroine who uses her martial arts skills to fight crime.  X is Pakistan's first animated female superhero. Reviewers have noted parallels between the series and Malala Yousafzai. Identify X. 

GREYCELL #48

Whose unauthorized and controversial biography by Hamish McDonald? 

GREYCELL #47

This term has been derived from the Sanskrit word for "Space" or "Sky" and is the word used by the I.S.R.O for Indian Space travelers just like the word Astronaut, Cosmonaut and Taikonaut is used for American, Russian and Chinese space travelers. Which term ? 

GREYCELL #46

What is this? Whats so special about this structure? 

     

GREYCELL #45

The X logo was said to be modeled to mimic the "Trident of Neptune", the mighty Dreizack. Although the trident before may symbolize power and authority, the "X  trident" is more commonly attributed to the "technological power". Identify X.  

                                              

GREYCELL #44

The flag of X includes the image of an "AK-47" with a bayonet attached to the barrel and is the only national flag in the world to feature such a modern rifle. The flag is based on the flag of the "FRELIMO", the leading political party in X.  Green stands for the riches of the land, the white fimbriations signify peace, black represents the African continent, yellow symbolizes the country's minerals, and red represents the struggle for independence. The AK-47 rifle stands for defense and vigilance, the open book symbolizes the importance of education, the hoe represents the country's agriculture, and the star symbolizes Marxism and internationalism. Which country am I talking about? Shown below is a small part of the flag. 

                                             

GREYCELL #43

X, a lifelong liberal democrat appeared 5 times on the cover of "LIFE" magazine and was referenced in the video game "Medal of Honor: Rising Sun". The image of X's face was glued onto an A-bomb which was dropped on the Bikini Atoll during a test. X was also chosen by the "Empire" magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history. X was the first bombshell to appear on one of the posters in "Y". X was portrayed in the American TV movie "X: The Love Goddess" featuring Lynda Carter as X. Identify X and Y. 

GREYCELL #42

Easy one. She is tall, blonde and curvy, has cornflower blue eyes and implausible anatomical proportions. Meet 'X', the Barbie doll. 

GREYCELL #41

The X Fountain is the world's longest bridge fountain. It is installed on the Y Bridge in South Korea. Water is pumped directly from the river itself and continuously recycled.  The bridge has 38 water pumps and 380 nozzles on either side, which draw 190 tons of water per minute from the river 20 meters below the deck, and shoots as far as 43 meters horizontally. Identify X and Y. 

GREYCELL #40

A machine that measures the volume of milk, water and the fat content has been put to use in a queer way at Mehsana district of Gujarat. Aditya Puri, in an interview to Business World stated “These are things that had to be developed because we’re also the largest in dairy. We think the white revolution has to go on to the next level.”. What such innovation has Aditya Puri’s company come up with? 

GREYCELL #39

            This is an advertisement by a company for one of its services. Put funda.

GREYCELL #38

Before molding, the components of the alloy are kept in separate batches, typically in blocks of resin. It is prepared by melting the blocks together, mixing the components while the resin evaporates. The alloy must then be cast within eight minutes. It's extremely stable molecular structure prevents it from being further molded even if the temperature is high enough to keep it in its liquified form. In its solid form, it is colorless, shiny, and resembles high-grade steel or titanium.

 

Identify the substance.

GREYCELL #37

X is a portmanteau of "Legend" and Latin ablative for "new".For the first 20 years of its existence the company's English name was "Legend". In 2002, it was decided to abandon use of the Legend brand name in order to expand outside of China, as the "Legend" name was already in use by many other businesses worldwide, making it impossible to register in most jurisdictions. In April 2003, the company publicly announced its new name, X with a large media campaign involving huge outdoor billboards and prime time television ads. The billboards featured the X logo against blue sky with copy that read, "Transcendence depends on how you think".

 

Identify X.

GREYCELL #36

X is a Bantu term roughly translating to "human kindness". In South Africa, it has come to be used as a term for a kind of humanist philosophy, ethic or ideology propagated in the Africanization process in 1980s. Since the transition to democracy, the term has become more widely known outside of Southern Africa, notably popularized to English language readers by "Desmond Tutu". What is X? 

GREYCELL #35

X founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is becoming an increasingly prominent and influential organization today. In 1985, X was awarded the National Medal of Technology - the US's highest honor for innovators and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 2000. X is the founder of "Wheels of Zeus", which incorporates GPS technology and computers. X enrolled as "Rocky Raccoon Clark" and completed his undergraduate course in Electrical Engineering from Berkeley. Rocky was his dog's name and clark is his wife's maiden name. Identify X. 

GREYCELL #34

What's so special about this dog? Claim to fame.. 

GREYCELL #33

Designed by Erik Lindberg, X represents Nature in the form of a Goddess resembling "Isis", emerging from the clouds and holding in her arms a cornucopia. The veil which covers her cold and austere face is held up by the Genius of _______.  The inscribed  words are taken from Virgil's "Aeneid" and it reads "Inventas vitam juvat excoluisse per artes" meaning "And they who bettered life on earth by their newly found mastery." What is X?  

GREYCELL #32

Named after an American cartoonist and inventor, X machine is a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. Over the years, the expression "X machine" has expanded to mean any confusing or complicated system. X's cartoons became well known for depicting complex devices that performed simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. The pic below shows "Professor Butts and the Self-Operating Napkin" by X. Identify X. 

  

GREYCELL #31

GREYCELL #30

X is a 1939 novel by Ernest Vincent Wright. The plot revolves around the dying fictional city of Branton Hills, which is revitalized thanks to the efforts of protagonist John Gadsby and a youth group he organizes. Whats so special about this book? 

GREYCELL #29

Sitter among sitters :) Whats common to all these doodles ?



 

GREYCELL #28

Despite security advice and warnings X went lobster-potting and tuna fishing in "The Shadow V" boat, which had been moored in the harbour at Mullaghmore. Thomas McMahon had slipped onto the unguarded boat that night and attached a radio-controlled bomb. When X was aboard en route to Donegal Bay, just a few hundred yards from the shore, the bomb was detonated. The boat was destroyed by the force of the blast. X, then aged 79, was pulled alive from the water by nearby fishermen, but died from his injuries before being brought to the shore.  Baroness Braboune, Nicholas Knatchbull and Paul Maxwell were other victims of this mishap. Thomas McMahon was later sentenced to life in prison. Identify X.  

GREYCELL #27

What is the significance of this image?