Genesis 1

Prelims 1) In the medieval , a bell was ringed at a fixed time in the evening as an order to bank the hearths and prepare for sleep. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. This gave rise to the word “X”, which comes from the French for “cover fire”. X has most recently been used in times of turbulence.

Prelims 2)
The origin of the name X is uncertain. According to Paul Ford's Companion to X, there is no indication that Y was alluding to the ancient Italian Umbrian city Nequinium, which the conquering Romans renamed X in 299 BC after the river Nar. However, since Y studied classics at Oxford, it is possible that he came across at least some of the seven or so references to X in Latin literature.[ There is also the possibility (but no solid evidence) that Y, who studied medieval and Renaissance literature, was aware of a reference to Lucia von X ("Lucy of X") in a 1501 German text, Wunderliche Geschichten von geistlichen Weybbildern ("Wondrous stories of monastic women") by Ercole d'Este.

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Francis Ford Cuppola

Part of what has facilitated _____________'s spread are the reactions it causes. Hundreds of videos exist on YouTube of users showing the original video to their friends and taping their reactions. Even Joe Rogan, host of Fear Factor, a show notorious for the disgusting things its contestants eat, had to turn away in a reaction video posted to his blog. A reaction video starring Kermit the Frog proved very popular on the community-based popularity website Digg. In January 2008, Slate magazine documented the reaction video phenomenon with a slideshow featuring various reactions. The video is mentioned during a cutaway of the Family Guy episode "Back to the Woods", where Brian shows the video to Stewie and films his reaction.

Uploading Questions

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or atleast your own questions???

Genesis

Hey all
GENESIS is going to be held tomorrow (Wednesday,15th April) at 8 pm in the SAC COMMITTEE ROOM. Its a NON-COMP with 3 member teams. EVERYONE PLEASE PARTICIPATE.PUHLEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ.......
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Workshop

Passing the Baton ( a Quizzing Workshop) is going to bet held in the SAC Committee room on Monday at 6 PM. Everyone from JWALA actively involved in quizzing is requested to attend.

Dry Ones

1) As easy as it gets.Just give the country "X",whose History is being talked about.

The modern X was formed in 1127 when a tribal chief called Hveghi drove away Turkish conquerors and took the name Muskar. Y conquered the country in 1195 until _____ drove them away in 1275. ______became King in 1360. When an enemy, Baron Staszrvitch, claimed the Throne and attacked him with his sword, ______ struck him to the ground with his _______. The King then decreed that the ruler of X must have hold on the ______, otherwise he would lose his authority. This custom had a power of law as late as 1939.
In 1939 X was nearly invaded by its neighbor Y, as part of a plot to oust King Muskar XII. (The situation was very similar to that of Anschluss in Austria in 1938 though the conclusion was not the same).

2)A X is an error in speech or deliberate play on words in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched.While X are commonly heard as slips of the tongue resulting from unintentionally getting one's words in a tangle, they can also be used intentionally as a play on words.
eg:

• "Three cheers for our queer old dean!" (dear old queen, referring to Queen Victoria)
• "Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride?" (customary to kiss)
• "The Lord is a shoving leopard." (a loving shepherd)
• "A blushing crow." (crushing blow)
• "A well-boiled icicle" (well-oiled bicycle)
• "You were fighting a liar in the quadrangle." (lighting a fire)
• "Is the bean dizzy?" (dean busy)
• "Someone is occupewing my pie. Please sew me to another sheet." (occupying my pew...show me to another seat)
• "You have hissed all my mystery lectures. You have tasted a whole worm. Please leave Oxford on the next town drain." (missed...history, wasted...term, down train)

In reality, the song X is written by Gopal Singh Nepali for the movie Narsi Bhagat (1957). This song is also credited as traditional and originally written by 15th century poet Narsinh Mehta, whose life that film is based on. (Many, including the film Y , mistakenly attribute it to the 16th-century poet Z due to the fact that Z was blind and the song is a prayer asking God to "appear" before him, for his "eyes thirst for Your sight".)