Legends
The Vedas describe him as the first man who died blazing the path of mortality down which all humans have since followed. He is also called the guardian of the south. In Hindu mythology who is the first man to die?
Yamaraja
In 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson left his cup of soda on his back porch overnight — with a stir stick in it. It froze, people loved it, and he went on to patent the _______ later in life.
Fill in the blank.
Popsicle
‘’Set in 1274 on the Tsushima Island, the last samurai, Jin Sakai, must master a new fighting style, the way of the Ghost, to defeat the Mongol forces and fight for the freedom and independence of Japan.’’
Description of which popular action-adventure game released in 2020?
Ghost of Tsushima
Schaffer and Mandel say they were inspired in the creation of General X by real-life dictators Kim Jong-il, Idi Amin, Muammar Gaddafi, and Serdar Turkmenbashi of Turkmenistan. It was Jong-il who, according to North Korean propaganda, hit nine holes-in-one the first time he played golf which was adapted to the story of general X.
Identify X.
General Haffaz Aladeen
According to legend, X, a folk heroine took her aged father's place in the conscription for the army by disguising herself as a man. While modern films made on her show a more wholesome ending to her story, in reality, X took her own life after being forced to become a concubine of the emperor.
Identify X.
Hua Mulan
Throughout Norse lore, ______ often appears in disguise. He has several aliases to match—nearly 200 of them. Most of these names, like Aldaföör, allude to his role as god, while others, like Hàrbaðor (“grey beard”) refer to some aspect of his appearance, and others still (Fengr, or “fetcher”) appear to be just names he offers depending on the situation. Fill in the blank.
Odin
One legend has it that the Turk-Mongol conqueror, Timur, brought the precursor to the popular dish with him when he arrived at the frontiers of India in 1398. Believed to be the war campaign diet of Timur’s army, an earthen pot full of rice, spices and whatever meats were available would be buried in a hot pit, before being eventually dug up and served to the warriors.
Identify the dish.
Biryani
A Canadian-American programmer, designer, and producer of an iconic franchise of strategy games home to the infamous nuclear warmonger, Gandhi.
Sid Meier
Considered Rome's greatest enemy, X was the war general of the Carthaginian forces in the Second Punic War. His cinematic crossing of the Alps with elephants overshadows the 15 years he harassed Romans in their home country before finally succumbing to Scipio.
X also shares his name with a fictional serial killer who eats his victims, inspiring many movies and a 2013 TV series over him.
Identify X.
Hannibal Barca
The movie is based heavily on Frank Miller's 1998 comic book mini-series of the same name, which ironically makes it the highest-grossing R-rated comic book film ever made, until the release of Deadpool (2016). It also inspired a spoof by the name of ‘Meet the spartans’.
300
According to Norse mythology, the entire world is in fact a tree. Located at the center of the universe, it is a gargantuan living ash tree with branches extending above the heavens and a trunk strongly latched into the ground by three great roots.
Give the name of this tree.
Yggdrasil
Ancient Greeks used ______ shells to cast some votes. In trials, the jury would write the verdict onto the shell. This points to the origin of the word ‘ostracise‘.
Oyster
The word originated in ancient Greece, and was initially used to describe all non-Greek-speaking peoples, including Persians, Egyptians, Medes and Phoenicians. The more famous use of the word comes from a genre defining mobile strategy video game.
Barbarians
A legendary military strategist and author of an influential work of military strategy has been turned to a meme in modern times with quotes being wrongly attributed to the late war general along with the name of his book.
Identify the person.
Sun Tzu
Being adapted to a film in 2002, It is an adventure novel that takes place during the historical events of 1815 to 1838 in France. This piece tells the tale of a man who seeks revenge after his escape from prison and deals with the central themes of vengeance, justice, forgiveness, and mercy.
The Count of Monte Cristo
While in exile, the trio settled in the forest from where Sita was abducted by Ravana, the rakshasa king of Lanka. Which forest is being talked about here?
Dandaka Forest/Dandakaranya
When a Byzantine emperor's niece used a gold X at her wedding in 1004, a disgusted Venetian onlooker commented "God in his wisdom has provided man with natural X—his fingers. Therefore it is an insult to Him to substitute artificial metal X for them when eating.” The use of X was ridiculed in the UK as late as 1608!
Identify X.
Forks
A series of historical real-time strategy video games, originally developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios. The 4th edition of the popular series arrived recently in 2021 and won the award for Best Sim/Strategy Game at The Game Awards 2021.
The Age of Empires Franchise
The Urdu name for the great King and war general differs from his actual name. Some historians presume this happened due to the initial part of the name being interpreted as the Urdu equivalent of a popular prefix which was thus removed.
The second part was then interpreted as the Persian rendition for the word 'Defender' which got morphed into the name we attribute to him.
Identify the great war general.
Alexander/Al-ksander/Sikandar
An Indian director and producer of Bollywood movies, television, serials and a recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award. Best known for directing Hindi films like Naya Daur (1957), Sadhna (1958), Kanoon (1961). Also known for the production of one of the first Indian epic television series.
B. R. Chopra
After hearing a prophecy that one of his children would overthrow him, X ate all of his children — one of his sons, only escaped because his mom fed X a rock in baby clothes, which he assumed was his kid. Identify X
Cronus, Father of Zeus
Being one of the most popular condiments in modern times, X was originally made from seasoned fish in China and was later being mixed with mushrooms in 17th century Europe. It was in the 19th century that X started getting popularity with the ingredient we all associate it with. Some of it's niche uses include polishing of steel and removing tarnishes from brass.
Identify X.
Ketchup
‘’There have been a lot of different works that influenced the creative process in various ways -- The Lord Of The Rings, The Eternal Champion series of novels by Michael Moorcock, aspects of tabletop RPGs such as RuneQuest, etc. There are a lot of motifs and themes that I was able to pick from these various works that had an effect on the development of _______’’
Elden Ring
The man who fought, almost non-stop, across India, Spain, France and Belgium for 16 long, arduous years. He was never defeated in a major battle — and never lost a campaign. He also was the man who lobbied (successfully) to prevent Napoleon’s execution after Waterloo despite being regarded as Napoleon's biggest arch nemesis.
Duke of Wellington
The fictional language Kiliki (also referred to as Kilikili) spoken by the ________, a ferocious warrior tribe, was created by Madhan Karky for the film. It is said to be the first fictional language to be created for Indian film.
Name the film.
Baahubali: The Beginning