Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2008
Simple one for the day . Who connects ? Rasputin , Ma Beagle who was modelled on the goon Ma Barker who was also the inspiration for Ma Baker and Euphrates-Tigris – the Rivers of Babylon ( actually only Euphrates and its tributaries are described as the Rivers of Babylon) .The connect therefore — Songs [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 12th, 2008
Scores have been updated . Sorry for the delay. What term takes its origin from the incident depicted in this painting ? Quoting Shrey Goyal , “ Doubting Thomas — The term is based on the Biblical account of Thomas the Apostle, who doubted the resurrection of Jesus and demanded to feel Jesus’ wounds before [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 10th, 2008
Statue honoring whom? Monument honoring Charles Lindbergh and his rivals Charles Nungesser & Francois Coli at the Le Bourget Airport in Paris . Lindbergh landed here on completion of his historic flight while the other two took off from here , never to be seen again . Goes uncracked !!
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 7th, 2008
Question no. 62 will be open for one more day as it was posted late . Today’s question – Whose coat of arms ? Margaret Thatcher . Cracked by Nishanth Raman , Jyothi , Johny Walker , Vikas and Varun R .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 7th, 2008
Where in the medical world would one find the following symbol ? The Rx symbol on prescriptions apparently takes its origin from the Egyptian symbol Eye of Horus / Ra . Cracked fully by Anirudh Patil , Nishanth Raman , Abhishek , Jithin , Abhra , Kamal Rathi and Aneesh Sekhar .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 4th, 2008
Posting today’s question early due to certain unavoidable circumstances . Apologies to all . Connect the following paintings to a famous cripple . Sorry for the delay folks . Was really tied up with certain events . Quoting Kamal Rathi for yesterday’s answer , ” The Four Freedoms are goals famously articulated by United States [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 3rd, 2008
A school of thought says that X gets its name from the region highlighted in the pic because of its resemblance with something prevalent there . Just identify X . Limousine from Limousin because the covered compartment resembles the cloak hood worn by shepherds there . Cracked by Johny Walker , Deepu , Ajay Parasuraman , Nishanth [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 2nd, 2008
Today’s question is about something i really like . Connect and explain . The Connect – “Raindrops keep falling on my head” The song was written for ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ ( A ) and went on to win the Oscar for the Best Original Song . It also features in the soundtrack of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 2nd, 2008
A and B , both have played (in the movie adaptations) the role of C , the protagonist a series of novels D by E . Band F also takes their name from a quote from the second volume in the series . Solve for B , C , D , E and F . Tom Cruise ( [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 1st, 2008
Find the answers and scores for the 50-posts celebrations here . These beautiful ladies have all been ‘inspiration’ for something at different times . What ? Claudia Dell ( A ) , Evelyn Venable ( B ) and Annette Bening ( C ) have all been models for Columbia’s “Torch Lady” logo . Cracked by Ajay [...]
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