Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2008
The advertisement A led to the formation of X . X had a 106 year old history of not doing something. However , this history was altered in 2006 by B . Identify X and B . This 1899 ad inviting players to form a football club led to the birth of FC Barcelona . [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2008
Today’s question comes from the very charismatic Hrishikesh Varma. C and D made news on the same day as A and B for the same issue , but never got the same limelight . Identify all . The controversial Norma McCorvey aka ‘Jane Roe’ (A) vs US attorney Henry Wade (B) case resulted in the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2008
Today’s question comes from Anto Samson . Identify and put funda . Google, on the occasion of their 10th anniversary ,have come out with the oldest available archive of the company’s search index (from 2001) .This is what Google looked like circa 2001. Check out what results Google yielded back then here . Cracked (partially) [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2008
Bird’s Eye View of What? India’s first and only submarine museum (formerly INS Kursura) at Vizag . Cracked by Immigrant Kitchen , Aravind, Anirudh and Dr Naveen .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2008
A resulted in a landmark event in 1902 . B shows a clearer version of the subject of A . This event resulted in the present coat of arms and motto of a nation . The coat of arms underwent minor variations but has remained the same ever since 1946 . C shows the coat [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 5th, 2008
On Feb 7 , 1910 , the ‘Prince of Abyssinia and his delegation’ visited the British naval vessel HMS Dreadnought . The following image was clicked while on board . Just identify the bearded figure on the extreme left . The bearded figure is VIRGINIA WOOLF . This was a hoax which was pulled off [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 4th, 2008
Today’s question comes from Arun AS . Connect : Avira (A) utilises the scan engine known as “Luke Filewalker” for its antivirus applications . This name was borrowed from the Star Wars character Luke Skywalker . Mark Hamill (B) played the role of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars episodes IV – VI . Cracked by [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2008
A is a 1955 film by B and was originally titled as Kvinnodrom . 35 years later , another movie was made with the same name . In this movie , C was famously portrayed on screen by D . Identify A , B , C and D . Dreams (A) by Ingmar Bergman (B) [...]
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