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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 is a painting called [...]
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 Streisand [...]
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 was the remedy ?
d. How did [...]
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 Grow” (C) depicted Kylie Minogue [...]
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 –> Statue of King Edward VII on a [...]
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 Rathi , Anil [...]