Welcome to Dreamz quiz clubs , the first professional quizzing club in Kerala . We'll try and post a question every day and we'll try and make it as informative and interesting as possible . Happy quizzing one n all !!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2009
Painting A was based on a novel by a famous author who was the subject of painting B . A and B were both painted by C . B was interred at D where he shares a crypt with another famous author E . Identify A – E . Quoting Shrey Goyal , ” A [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 19th, 2009
Connect . A – Venice ( Many got carried away by the Bridge of Sighs image ) B – Bermuda Venice Cup and Bermuda Bowl are the World Team Championships in Contract Bridge for women and men respectively . Cracked by Nipun , Jyothi and Anil Raghavan . Well done !
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 18th, 2009
What term has entered the English vocabulary thanks to the Californian mansion ( the one near the coastline ) featured in the image ? Streisand Effect – It refers to a phenomenon on the Internet where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be widely publicized . In 2003 , Barbara [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 17th, 2009
We ’ve hit 100 !! Congratz and thanx to everyone who made this possible . We have a special question to mark this occasion . It is a theme/connect question with 4 parts . 1 point per part and one for the theme/connect . a. Whose death mask ? b. Which European connects ? c. What [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2009
Who’s the victim in A ? And why is the victim related to B ? A – xkcd mocking Google Maps B – The first ever Mercator projection Google Maps uses the Mercator projection for its maps Cracked in full only by Anil Raghavan and in half by Rithwik . Brilliant job !
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2009
A painted B based on a character from X . Music video C was inspired by the painting . Identify all . B C Quoting Kamal Rathi , ” Sir John Everett Millais (A) painted Ophelia (B) based on Ophelia from William Shakespeare’s (X) Hamlet. The video of Nick Cave’s song “Where the Wild Roses [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2009
Connect . Quoting Deepu , “A-Man in the Iron Mask B-Crest of Penarol The connect is the Italian town of Pinerolo where ‘The Man in the Iron mask’ was kept as a prisoner and from which Penarol F.C derives its name. ” Cracked in full by Anil Raghavan and Deepu .
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 14th, 2009
Connect . Quoting Deepu , “A-Man in the Iron Mask B-Crest of Penarol The connect is the Italian town of Pinerolo where ‘The Man in the Iron mask’ was kept as a prisoner and from which Penarol F.C derives its name. ” Cracked in full by Anil Raghavan and Deepu .
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 13th, 2009
What has/have been named after them ? ( Not an exhaustive list ) The various suburbs of Mumbai take their names from the images depicted above . A –> Mahalaxmi Temple –> Mahalaxmi B –> St. Thomas Cathedral –> Churchgate C –> Goddess Prabhadevi of Prabhadevi Temple –> Prabhadevi D –> Walkeshwar Temple –> Walkeshwar E –> [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 12th, 2009
Today’s question comes from our friend from New Delhi , Wasi Manazir . What achievement connects them ? Hubert Auriol ( A ) and Stephane Peterhansel ( B ) are the only drivers to have won the Paris-Dakar Rally on two as well as four wheels . Cracked by Deepu , Nishanth Raman , Kamal [...]