Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Question 738

The tradition of selecting X began in 1927, with Y editors contemplating newsworthy stories possible during a slow news week. The idea was also an attempt to remedy the editorial embarrassment earlier that year for not having aviator Charles Lindbergh on its cover following his historic trans-Atlantic flight. By the end of the year, it was decided that a cover story featuring Lindbergh as the X would serve both purposes.

Since the list began, every serving President of the United States has been a X at least once with the exceptions of Calvin Coolidge, in office at time of the first issue, Herbert Hoover, the next U.S. president, and Gerald Ford. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only person to have received the title 3 times - in 1932, 1934 and 1941.

Identify X and Y.


Answer: Y: Time Magazine X: Man of the Year or Person of the Year.

6 Answers:

Aviral Shrivastava said...

X- Man of the Year
Y- TIME magazine

Kaushik said...

TIME Man of the Year

Gursheel Sahni said...

X is the title of Time Magazine's Man of the Year.
Dunno......Y

Unknown said...

X-'MAN OF THE YEAR' [Title changed to 'PERSON OF THE YEAR' in 1999].
Y-TIME [Magazine]

Ameya said...

Time person of the year

pranav said...

x-time magazine person of the year
y-time magazine