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Monthly Archive for October, 2008

Daily Question # 28

X  was  originally  supposed  to  be  named  after  A . Y  shows  a  promotional  snap  of  B . Y  is  a  direct  tribute  to  C  who  came  up  with  X . B  did  this  because  B  and  C  belong  to  the  same  town .  Identify  X , A , B  and  C . Y The  album  Abbey  Road ( X [...]

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Daily Question # 27

Identify. The  Guru  Granth  Sahib  with  Mul  Mantra . Cracked  only  by  Kamal  Rathi . Good  job !

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Daily Question # 26

What ? The  Alexaminos Graffito in Rome – the earliest known pictorial representation of crucifixion of Jesus. Went  uncracked !

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Daily Question # 25

What is this kind of art called ? Graffiti  way  up  high – termed  GIRAFFITI !! Cracked  only  by  Jyothi .

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Daily Question # 24

Today’s  question  comes  from  Anto  Samson . Identify  the  place  and  the  event  which  is  taking  place . It’d  help  if  i  tell  you  that  the  place  derives  its  name  from  that  of  a  herb  in  local  language . Quoting  Ajay  Parasuraman , “Nike-Apache (sounding) rocket being made ready for launch from TERLS, Thumba ” [...]

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Daily Question # 23

It  has  happened  only  twice  in  history . The  first  time  was  in  1984  when  A  and  B  were  involved . C  and  D  gave  a  repeat  performance  in  2000 . What ? Nancy  Hogshead (A) and  Carrie  Steinseifer(B)  tied  for  gold  in  the  1984  Olympics  in  the  100 m  freestyle  event . The  only  [...]

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Daily Question # 22

Today’s  question  comes  from  the  very  charismatic  and  flattered  Hrishikesh  Varma . Connect .  Garland , Angular , Arcade  and  Thread – all  main  connecting  strokes  in  Handwriting . Cracked  by  Ravi Ananthan , Jyothi , Manjith , Aravind  and  Dr Naveen .

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Daily Question # 21

It was thought to have been named after A . But , it was actually named as a corruption of the name of B . What ?  The  Mazda  corporation  was  thought  to  have  been  named  after  the  Zoroastrian  deity  Ahura  Mazda (A) , but  the  theory  which  holds  better  ground  is  that  it  is  [...]

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Daily Question # 20

A (the bearded figure in the pic) made his mark as a voice actor in Hollywood , but his most famous role was that of X in the original broadway version B which came out in 1965 . He was featured as himself in a 1990 book Y by C .He was later cast as [...]

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Daily Question # 19

Identify this virgin comics superhero and who is he based on ? ‘Master  Blaster’  based  on  none  other  than  Sachin  Tendulkar ! Cracked  by  Jyothi , Varma , Martin , Pranietha  and  Visakasimhan .

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