Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2008
Presenting before you , the latest addition to the blog . The monthly set will air during the last 10 days of the month and will feature a set of 10 questions . This month’s set closes on the 31st of December . Find the set for Dec 2008 here . Happy Quizzing !
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2008
Our tribute to someone . A , B and C were all speculated to be D . Identify all and explain . Henry Kissinger ( A ) , Gerald Ford ( B ) and George HW Bush ( C ) were all thought to be ”Deep Throat” at some point of time . Deep throat was [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 20th, 2008
This partcular game comprises of the following : A + B or C or D or anything similar + a well – sized field + E or F or anything at all . G is the inventor of the game . Name the game and identify the inventor . Calvinball and Bill Waterson :) Assuming that [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 20th, 2008
Identify the person caricatured ( the person on the right ) in this Simpsons cartoon . Placido Domingo . Cracked only by Deepu . Good job !
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 18th, 2008
Today’s question comes from Kartik Venkat . Connect the highlighted area in the map A and the model in B to an Indian location . A shows the seven Ionian Islands in Greece which were named ‘Heptanesia’ . B shows the Geocentric model of the solar system given by Ptolemy . The Indian location which connects [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 17th, 2008
What were the colorful occasions ? The Eiffel bathed in Red to celebrate the Chinese New Year in 2004 ( A ) , in the Rugby colours with the light beams forming a goal post to mark France hosting the Rugby World Cup 2007 ( B ) and coloured in blue with yellow stars to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 16th, 2008
They were instrumental in the execution of somebody’s plan . Whose ? Andy Dufresne , the protagonist of the movie Shawshank Redemption , used the posters of Rita Hayworth ( A ) , Marilyn Monroe ( B ) and Raquel Welch ( C ) to conceal the tunnel which he had created to escape from the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 15th, 2008
A houses an item B . C , D , E and F have all taken some ‘inspiration’ from B . Solve for A-F . Quoting Shrey Goyal , ” A is the Sistine Chapel which houses B, the Creation of Adam: The ‘touch’ shown in the painting can be seen in the Nokia Starting logo(C), [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 14th, 2008
Connect the following image to a movie hall in Delhi which was in news for the wrong reasons in the second half of the 90s . This aerial surveillance image shows the tracks left by the Pakistani tanks in the Battle of Longewala in the 1971 Indo-Pak war , one of the most inspiring stories about [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2008
Which landmark connects the following 10 images ? Also name the 11th one which completes the list. Asoka ( A ) , Akbar ( B ) , Lord Canning ( C ) , Shah Jahan ( D ) , Sher Shah Suri ( E ) , Tilak ( F ) , Copernicus ( G ) [...]
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