It was known as CTR (Computing Tabulating Recording) when it was founded. It adopted its new identity in the year 1924 and shortened its name in 1946 and is ubiquitous today. Which brand?

X was the name of a Muisca tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and, as an initiation rite, dove into a highland lake. Later it became the name of a legendary "Lost City of Gold", which fascinated explorers since the days of the Spanish Conquistadors. No evidence for its existence has been found.

Imagined as a place, the X became a kingdom, an empire, and the city of this legendary golden king.
Give me X.

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Cuban Milssile Crisis: It was precipitated when US leaders learnt that Soviet missiles with nuclear warheads capable of reaching the USA were being secretly installed in Cuba.There seemed a real danger of nuclear war as the rival forces were placed on full alert.
An outcome of the crisis was establishment of something that had never been witnessed in diplomatic circles before. What?


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Dying of the Light (1977)
Windhaven (1981, with Lisa Tuttle)
Fevre Dream (1982)
The Armageddon Rag (1983)
Hunter's Run (2007)

Who's incomplete bibliography? The most obvious one has been omitted.

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George R R Martin 

This film, currently in production, by John Jopson and set in the 19th century, is named after the common title to paintings given by impressionists and post-impressionist artists such as Pablo Picasso, Edgard Degas, Edouard Manet and Jean-Francois Raffaeli.

 _____ has been portrayed as a dangerously addictive psychoactive drug, and its mystery and mind-altering effects have fascinated people. The drink was popular among painters and writers living in late 19th and early 20th century France, thus explaining its popularity as a subject. Give the film/paintings(the word in blank forms part of the title).

by Edouard Degas

Answer(Highlight):
The Absinthe Drinkers

1.       X holds the record for the highest number of individual Oscars awarded. In his lifetime he received 20 Oscars, but he was posthumously awarded a further 6, making a total of 26. Of all the statuettes awarded him, the most famous "set" were an Oscar and seven miniature statuettes in 1938 for the film Y. X is one of the biggest legends in his field, and quite frankly, I knew about him long before I even heard of Marlon Brando, Hitchcock or even Spielberg. His legacy stands the largest media conglomerate today. Y is a classic and one of the most parodied children stories along with Hansel and Gratel. X and Y please?

X was born in 1910. Before his birth, the family had 3 sons. All 3 of them died in their infancy.
Hence, he was raised as a girl.  He was also made to wear a nose ring.It later earned him a nickname
Y , which is the name by which we know him. After the birth of his younger brother, he was treated
as a boy. He was a school dropout and was an member of the Hindu Mahasabha, and RSS. X was
sentenced to death in 1949 for assassinating a very famous political leader. Id X/Y ..