Question 46

[sic] 'X' is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic.She is a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, but is currently on indefinite leave. She is one of the eighty-two forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Her schedule also involves a number of speaking engagements around the world.

She has written a number of books. In addition to technical books, she has written thirteen novels to date, which have been translated into 30 languages.The fictional heroine in her novels, 'Y', is also a forensic anthropologist. Y's lifestyle closely mimics that of her creator, with X stating that Y and she "have the same CV" and that "Some of Y's personality traits are also mine", but there are differences in their personal lives such as the character's alcoholism. A good portion of the novels are based on real life science, and X has stated that she is "fastidiously conscientious about getting the science right".Here is one of her best known works.

The blanked out part in the title of the novel is also Y's popular nickname 'Z'. Identify.

Question 29

X was founded in 1796 by a group led by Jebediah X. After misinterpretating a passage in the bible, the group left Maryland, trying to find the "New sodom". After X refused to found a town where men were free to marry their cousins, half of the group left. The dissenters founded Y, named after fellow pioneer Y Manhattan, and the two cities remain rivals to this day. X reached its pinnacle in the mid-20th century, when it became the home of the world's first Aquacar factory, one half of the country was said to wear X galoshes and X's streets were literally paved with gold. The city's prosperity faded; a Time cover story on X called it "America's Worst City" and Newsweek called the city "America's Crud Bucket"

Answer: Springfield

Question 10

Ok,this is probably one of the easiest questions ever put together...but it is one of the most hilarious conversations in sitcoms of recent times.Just identify X.

Ted: The three days rule is insane! I mean, who even came up with that?

Barney: X!

Marshall: Barney, don’t do this, not with X.

Barney: Seriously.X started the whole wait-three-days thing. He waited three days to come back to life. It was perfect. If he would have only waited one day, a lot of people wouldn’t have even heard that he died. They’d be all, ‘Hey X, what up’? And X would probably be like, ‘What up? I died yesterday’. And then they’d be all:‘Uh, you look pretty alive to me, dude’. And then X would have to explain how it was a miracle. And then, the dude would be like, "Uh, okay, whatever you say, bro’.

Barney: And he’s not going to come back on a Saturday. Everybody’s busy doing chores, working the loom, trimming their beards.No. He waits the exact right number of days: three.

Ted:Ok, I promise, I’ll wait three days, just stop talking!

Barney: Plus, it’s Sunday, so everyone’s in church already.

They’re all in there,‘Oh no, X is dead’. Then, bam! He bursts through the back door, runs up the aisle. Everyone’s totally psyched. And, FYI, that’s when he invented the high-five.” Three days, Ted. We wait three days to call a girl because that’s how long X wants us to wait.

Answer:X is Jesus Christ, featured in a conversation from HIMYM