Question 544: On the Pav Droll

Sorry,
I really couldn't resist posting this one!
Quite obviously a parody.
Have fun!! XD

Id X and Y ! :D

Question 543:To Join or not to Join

The rulers of Kashmir, Hyderabad, and Junagadh were among the last to formally join the the Indian union shortly after independence. The first two rulers were reluctant to join because both had dreams of becoming completely independant. The Nawab of Junagadh, however attempted to join Pakistan despite sharing no boundaries with it for a rather different reason. What was it?

Question 542: Sweet Tooth

Yes, they're all come under confectioneries.
Give me the other connect.

I have a dream...that we'll come up with a theme.

If you like the title, woot!
*Hi5*

If not, cut me some slack. Like I said, I had a busy day.
Moving on, our tentative plan is to start a new theme round tomorrow. As of now, that's about all we've decided on. Once we finalise on other details (such as: what on earth is this theme that I speak of?!?!!?) we'll update you'll about it.

That's all for now.

Oh, and answer all these open questions if you haven't already:


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:)

Question 541: Winging It

Right, so this is mostly because Pai and Pi have a problem with my using xkcd.
Which ofcourse means I have to go all out and post xkcd questions :D
Plus I had a busy day.

Onto the question:

Simple.
Just tell me what REAL  PROGRAMMERS in the last panel of the top row use.
Explain it if you feel like.

Question 540: Incompetence Incognito

The ___X___ effect explains a cognitive bias in people performing poorly in a task lack the meta-cognitive capacity to properly evaluate their performance.  Remaining unaware of their incompetence, such people fail to accordingly take any self-improvement measures that might rid them of their incompetence. 

Amongst the first experiments featured a group of undergraduate students who were asked to rate their performance for the class just completed - just as they walked out of an exam. In particular they were asked how well they had mastered the course material, and what they predicted their raw score to be for the test just taken.

After comparing the student's own impressions with their actual performance, a clear pattern emerged in the data: Worse students grossly overestimated their own performance, while top students somewhat underestimated theirs. For the bottom quartile, while their actual performance may have "put them in the 12th percentile, they estimated their mastery of the course material to fall in the 60th percentile and their test performance to fall in the 57th". Bottom performers tended to overestimate their performance by roughly 30%; a general pattern that has been replicated many times over since. Thus, people fail to grasp their own incompetence, precisely because they are so incompetent. 

The authors of the study won the Ig Noble for their work. The logical extensions of the study have been applied to describe phenomenon seen across the spectrum of human behavior - from climate debates to Sarah Palin, and reality TV to False Consciousness.

Name X

Question 539: __X__ is My Favorite MC

Although discovered by 2 gentlemen in the 19th centruty (ie, 1800s), an individual ___X____ became obsessed with it, and is associated with such items
Id X from the pic
& what the pic is (what it shows)

Brownie points for identifying where the title comes from

Question 538: I Won. Finally.

One for the tennis enthusiasts.
Spin a web around these images,  and arrive at a connect.
Order is important.
No, it's not repeated by mistake.

The answer's another player.
These images can be considered, well, his.. umm.. journey of sorts.

Question 537: Famous Last Words

The most accurate measure of a man could be how funny,memorable, or just plain stupid his last words are


1. "Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose."


2."I don't have the passion anymore, and so remember, it's better to burn out than to fade away. Peace, Love, Empathy." 


3."I am dying as i have lived, beyond my means"


4."Now, now, my good man, this is no time for making enemies."(when asked by priest to renounce Satan) 


5."Die, my dear? Why that's the last thing I'll do!"


6."Dying is easy, comedy is hard." 


Identify.


And to all you googlers out there, really whats the point?

Question 536: Blood is thicker than water? But there are other Links.

On the 14th of April, 1865 a certain president was shot at by a certain well known actor with the aim of continuing the Civil War which had by then lost all its fervour and was at its tail end.

Now you all know who they were, but that's not the question.

Moving on to the question:

A

Something to help you id A

B

__A__, was quite a well known figure in his time. Unfortunately for him, through no fault of his own, today he is generally remembered for a reason different than the one that made him famous. Though he's occasionally remembered for that as well.

__B__ was a lawyer and the Secretary of War. The only one of four brothers to live past his teenage years,(bet he wouldn't have been able to do that on his own) he lived to be 82.

Identify A and B.
Once you've done that, tell me what the story between them is.
Also, tie up any loose ends and throw in whatever else you believe is relevant.
 5 points for identifying and 5 for the story.