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| How much does the letter X represent in Roman numerals? | X-Rated Quiz
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10. The numbers we use are called Arabic numerals. The ancient Romans used a series of only seven letters to create their numerical system – I (1), V (5), X (10), L (50), C (100), D (500) and M (1000).
| X is the 24th letter of the English alphabet. The letter X is derived from an ancient Semitic symbol (samekh). What does this symbol stand for? | X-Rated Quiz
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fish. X is one of the least used letters of the alphabet, ranking 23rd out of 26. Only the letters J, Q and Z are used less, ranking 24th, 25th and 26th respectively. The letters X, J, Q and Z are derived from the ancient Semitic symbols for fish, hand, ape and arrow (in that order).
| What is the value of the letter X in a game of Scrabble (English/American version)? | X-Rated Quiz
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8. The letter X is worth 8 points, as is the letter J. Only the letters Q and Z are worth more, at 10 points each. Scrabble is an international game and the value of each letter varies in different versions according to the frequency with which the letter is used in any given language. For example, in the German version, X is worth 10. Scrabble was invented by Alfred Butts in the 1930’s but the game was not marketed until 1948. Butts studied the front page of the New York Times to get an estimate of the frequency with which the letters were used, which helped him to determine the value he assigned to the letters and the number of tiles per letter to be used.
| In the phonetic alphabet, what word usually represents the letter X? | X-Rated Quiz
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x-ray. Phonetic alphabets were developed to cut down on confusion between similar sounding letters when spelling out words. There are a number of phonetic alphabets in use, such as those used by the military, international aviation and NATO. In most phonetic alphabets, X is represented by the word x-ray, however, the French use Xavier and the Germans use Xanthippe in theirs.
| Which element of the periodic table is represented by the abbreviation Xe? | X-Rated Quiz
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xenon. The only element whose name starts with an "X" is xenon. Xenon is a heavy, colourless, odourless, tasteless gas present in our atmosphere. It belongs to a group of elements called noble gases. It was originally thought to be chemically unreactive but it is not completely inert as it will form compounds with oxygen and fluorine.
| Which saint was crucified on an X-shaped cross because he said he was not worthy to be crucified on the same shaped cross as Jesus Christ? | X-Rated Quiz
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Andrew. St Andrew was one of the disciples of Jesus Christ. He is also patron saint of Greece, Russia and Scotland. St Andrew was crucified in Patras, Greece, because he refused to renounce Jesus. The X-shaped cross is known as the St Andrew’s Cross, as is the Scottish flag (a white X on a blue background). The crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick make up the Union Jack.
Wilhelm Roentgen. Roentgen named them x-rays (or "x-strahlen") because they were rays of unknown origin. X is frequently used in mathematics and science as a symbol for the unknown and strahlen is the German word for rays. Another name for radiology (the study of x-rays) is roentgenology.
Malcolm Little. Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in 1925. He was a controversial black militant leader. He changed his last name to X when he joined the Nation of Islam, a Black Muslim sect, as he considered that Little was a "slave name" bestowed by white slave-holders. X signified his lost tribal name. El-hajj Malik El-Shabazz was his Muslim name. He was assassinated in 1965.
| Who starred as Malcolm X in the movie of the same name? | X-Rated Quiz
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Denzel Washington. In 1992, the movie "Malcolm X" was released starring Denzel Washington in the title role. The movie was based on the book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" which was co-written by Alex Haley. The movie received Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Denzel Washington) and Best Costume Design.
all of these answers are correct (the name of Charles Foster Kane’s mansion in the movie “Citizen Kane”, Mandrake the Magician’s secret mountain hideaway, a film starring Olivia Newton John and Gene Kelly). The name "Xanadu" is taken from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan" (1798) which tells of a mythical land of paradise. Coleridge’s inspiration for the poem was a dream. When he woke, he started to write it down but he was interrupted. When he returned to the poem, he could not remember the rest of the dream so "Kubla Khan" is actually an unfinished work.
The poem begins:
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan,
A stately pleasure-dome decree …
| The Xerox corporation is one of the world’s largest corporations. The company was founded in 1906 and changed its name to Xerox Corporation in 1961 when they began to market their plain-paper photocopier. The name Xerox is derived from a Greek word "xeros". What does it mean? | X-Rated Quiz
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dry. Xerox is derived from the Greek "xeros" which means dry or parched. It refers to the fact that the process is "dry" (i.e. ink is not used). An electrostatic image is formed by powder on a sheet of paper and fixed by heating. The other answers are also related to "X" words: xenos (foreign), xanthos (yellow) and xylon (wood).
| Which famous American artist painted a controversial portrait titled "Madame X"? | X-Rated Quiz
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John Singer Sargent. Madame X was Madame Pierre (Virginie) Gautreau who allegedly did not like the painting. When it was first exhibited in 1884, it instantly caused a scandal in French society, destroying the both the artist’s and the subject’s reputations and causing Sargent to leave France. It now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
| Which children’s television show would you be watching if the program was "brought to you by the letter X"? | X-Rated Quiz
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Sesame Street. Each episode of 'Sesame Street' is "brought to you" by a particular letter and a particular number. 'Sesame Street' was first broadcast in 1969. The show is designed to help preschoolers learn the alphabet, numbers and social skills in a way that combines education with entertainment. Puppets are used to achieve this and most of the regular puppet characters, such as Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Bert and Ernie were created by Jim Henson.
| What did Captain Charles Yeager do in the Bell X-1 in 1947? | X-Rated Quiz
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broke the sound barrier. Yeager was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in a bell X-1 rocket plane on October 14, 1947. On December 12, 1953, he set another record by flying 2 ½ times the speed of sound in a Bell X-1A.
Xe. Xenon was discovered by Sir William Ramsey and Morris M Travers. Its natural state is a gas. Its atomic number is 54. Morris M Travers was also an authority on glass technology.
Xavier. The name Xavier appears because cabbage Patch dolls were created by Xavier Roberts in the 1980s.
Xu. XA is an acronym that had many meaning among them being "Exchange Access" and "Extended Architecture". Xi is both the number 11 in Roman numerals as well as being the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. Xe is the chemical symbol for Xenon.
Xie xie. Xiyan means to smoke. Xiansheng means mister. Xuesheng means student.
Xingjian, Gao. Gao Xingjian won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000. He wrote the book "The Other Shore" which was banned in China. This caused him to move to France,as a political refugee, where he later became a citizen.
Xerophobia. Xanthophobia is fear of the color yellow. Xenophobia is fear of strangers and xyrophobia is fear of razors.
X-Ray tube. The X-Ray tube is more commonly known as the Coolidge Tube. Coolidge was born in 1873 and died in 1965. He did most of his work with General Electric. He retired after WWII but continued to be a consultant until 1965.
| What character did Lucy Lawless play on TV that was from a spin-off of Hercules: The Legend Continues? | X-raying X Words
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Xena. Lucy Lawless was born on March 29, 1968 in Mount Albert, New Zealand.
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