149. What be X?

A fairly old and widely-used word, it refers to a community social gathering at which friends and neighbors join together in a single activity (sewing, quilting, barn raising, etc.), usually to help one person or family. The earliest known example in print is a spinning X, in 1769. Other early occurrences are husking X(1816), apple X (1827), and logging X (1836).

Today the most well known usage is associated with an annual competitive activity taken up by US teenagers.

So what be X?

148. Men of Honour?

What is common to the following: Kitchener, Nietzsche, Einstein, Dali, Chaplin, and Fu Manchu?

147. The Last Testament of Leon Trotsky?

Leon Trotsky's last testament. While in exile in Mexico, knowing he was soon to be assassinated by Stalin's agents, he saw his wife in the garden and wrote:

Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. ____ __ _________. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full.

Which movie derives it title from whatever fills up the blanks in the above passage?

146. Singh is King?!!!

The one real-life religion that bears close resemblance to the _____ is that of Sikhism. Sikhism also advocates the presence of one 'God' who is ever-present and binds the universe and all its entities. Like the _____, the Sikhs use a Kirpan that they carry with them at all times. Like a _____, a Sikh may never use his sword or other combat skills to attack anyone out of selfish desire and must use it only to protect others. The Sikh philosophy is merely one of peaceful co-existence, but at the same time to never accept any form of tyrannical rule and to protect others from such evils.

Fill in the blanks

145. Mysterious Girl...

Once in a question and answer session in Syracuse University, this was how she was defined: "She is not a person or an embodiment, but is an aspirational client envisioned for the brand. She is in her late 20s, has lived in Europe, has a job, and is very fashionable. She is a woman, not a girl, is somewhat worldly and is interested in traveling".

Who?

145. Its Greek to Me?

What is Greek for hurtful or prejudicial?

144. Clever Horse?

Explain what's happening.