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X is a heavy metal album released in 1994 and is the second effort in Bruce Dickinson’s solo career. The ballad "Tears of the Dragon” stayed for many months on top the of charts in countries like Brazil where Dickinson has a large fanbase. This record marked the beginning of Dickinson's collaborations... (blah blah blah).....ire but is still more traditional-sounding than the follow-up album Skunkworks released in 1996. Later, Dickinson said that he and Roy Z were talked into making the album less heavy than it should have been.

ID X. Extremely arbit, but very pertinent. :)

3 Questions this time

1. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, an Icelandic politician currently serving as the nation's Minister for Social Affairs, is soon to be appointed prime minister. The appointment will mark the first time ever that ______ has happened. What?

2. "This is not authorized by us. The Simpsons does not, and never has, endorsed ___________________ any more profound than Butterfinger bars." - Al Jean. Put Fundae.

3.
"O'Leary, O'Reilly, O'Hare and O'Hara,
There's no one as Irish as X,
You don't believe me, I hear you say
But X's as Irish, as was Y.
His granddaddy's daddy came from Moneygall,
a small Irish village, well known to you all".

X and Y and fundae

2 Questions

1. Y started with a thread on the Something Awful forums back in early 2005, one of probably
nine million threads created that day. It simply asked members to post facts about X, at
which point hundreds of pieces of completely false and exaggerated X trivia came pouring
in. Later they were gathered into the X _________.

2. Issei was a student of avant garde literature at the Sorbonne Academy in Paris in the early
80s. He now enjoys the status of celebrity in Japan.He is often a guest speaker at various
public events and talk shows, openly talking in about __________. He also has starred in
movies, written two books (one basically a step-by-step re-enactment of his 1981 ______)
and even inspired the Rolling Stones's song, "Too Much ______." What did Issei do in 1981?

P.S: Q1 is not as easy as it sounds. :)

Su Manat.

The pre-Islamic Arabs believed Manāt to be the Goddess of fate. Initially Mohammad decreed that Manat and two other Goddesses could be worshipped along with Allah. Manat and the two other Goddesses were said to be daughters of Allah and would act as intermediaries between the devout and Allah.
As Islam became a Monotheistic faith, the three 'Daughters of Allah' became an oddity. To remove this, Mohammad decreed that there is only one God,Allah. And the verses in the Quoran describing these Goddesses were put in his mouth by Satan. These verses were then on referred to as the 'Satanic Verses'.


Connect with the above picture.

Coldage

The ___________ debate was an impromptu debate (through interpreters) between then U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, on July 24, 1959. For the event, an entire house was built that the American exhibitors claimed anyone in America could afford.The _______ debate was the first high-level meeting between Soviet and U.S. leaders since the Geneva Summit in 1955. It has also been called “splitnik,” a play on words of the Soviet Union’s satellite Sputnik. The two men discussed the merits of each of their respective economic systems, capitalism and communism. The debate took place during an escalation of the Cold War, beginning with the launch of Sputnik in 1957, through the ­U-2 Crisis in 1960. Most Americans believed Nixon won the debate, adding to his domestic prestige. It was recorded on color videotape, a new technology pioneered in the U.S.; during the debate Nixon pointed this out as one of the many American technological advances. He also boasted achievements such as dishwashers, lawnmowers, supermarkets stocked full of groceries, Cadillac convertibles, makeup colors, lipstick, spike-heeled shoes, hi-fi sets, cake mixes, TV dinners, and Pepsi-Cola. It was Nixon’s emphasis on America’s household appliances, such as the washing machine, that helped give the event its title, “The _______ Debate.”Fill up......

Jimbly Id and Connect!

1. X (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." X has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of ________, of ______, and as a solo performer. Often viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, X was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.


2.Much of Y's recorded output has been instrumental, and his releases have spanned genres ranging from blues-rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion and (currently) a blend of guitar-rock and electronica. Y has earned wide critical praise and four Grammy awards for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, and had two hit albums in the mid-1970s as a solo act. However, Y has not been able to establish and maintain a broad following or the sustained commercial success of many of his collaborators and bandmates.

Y has been nominated for 2009 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was promptly chosen for induction for the April 4, 2009 ceremony.


3.In 1981 Z joined with Yes bassist Chris Squire and Yes drummer Alan White to form a supergroup called XYZ . They rehearsed several times, but the project was shelved. Demo’s of the sessions have turned up on bootleg and they reveal that some of the material showed up later on other projects, notably The Firm's “Fortune Hunter” and Yes songs “Mind Drive" and “Can You Imagine?” Z would later join Yes on stage in 1984 at Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany, playing “I’m Down.”

Z next linked up with Roy Harper for an album (Whatever Happened to Jugula?) and occasional concerts, performing a predominantly acoustic set at folk festivals under various guises such as the MacGregors, and Themselves. In 1984, Z recorded with _________ as The Honeydrippers, and with John Paul Jones on the film soundtrack Scream for Help. He also teamed up with Paul Rodgers of Bad Company and Free fame to record 2 albums under the name The Firm. The first album was the self-titled “The Firm”, followed by “Mean Business” in 1986. Popular songs included the commercially successful “Radioactive,” and “Closer,” which employs a horn section to subtle effect. The cover version of “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” featured vocals by Paul Rodgers but was never released as a single. The album peaked at #17 on the Billboard’s Pop Albums chart.