Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2009
A shows the poster of a film from the late 1960s . The film was remade early this decade and features B , the man behind C , as himself . In the movie , D claims to be the real C and accuses B of having stolen his creation . Identify all . Quoting [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2009
Simple one for the day . What takes its name from the fact that it was part of the uniforms worn by the soldiers in the pic ? Prussian Blue is named so because it was used extensively to dye the dark blue uniforms of the Prussian Army . Cracked by Shijil , Shrey Goyal [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2009
Connect . A Booby Trap ( A ) is one which is set up to be triggered by an unsuspecting victim . It is named after the sea bird Booby ( B ) because of similar tactics employed to catch the bird . Cracked by Deepu , Anil Raghavan and Jyothi . Good job !!
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2009
Yummy !!! Connect . The connect – MACARONI A – Shows a Macaroni , a term used in 18th century England for a fellow with an outlandish sense of fashion B – The US state of Connecticut ; the state anthem is Yankee Doodle . The song mentions of ‘Macaroni’ and is a reference [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2009
What is so ‘special’ about this current Head of state ? Johanna Siguroardottir , Prime Minister of Iceland , is the world’s first ever gay/lesbian head of state in the modern era . Cracked by Arun AS , Abhi , Deepthi Mani , Anil Raghavan , Varun Shenoy , Nishanth Raman , Ranjana Ninan , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2009
A helped B to attain a record of sorts . Identify and explain . Quoting Arun Hiregange , ”After FC Zenit of St. Petersburg won the championship title in 2007, the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko waved a Zenit shirt with Anatoliy Tymoschuk’s name on it while in space. Zenit thus became the first team to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13th, 2009
Today’s question comes from Arun ‘the good’ AS . Identify and connect ( not exactly an exhaustive list ) . The Great Gatsby ( A ) , Moby Dick ( B ) , The Scarlet Letter ( C ) , Grapes of Wrath ( D ) and To Kill a Mockingbird ( E ) are [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2009
A and B were exchanged by the two parties involved in a deal . What was the deal ? The transfer of Alaska from Russia to the USA . Cracked by Nishanth Raman , Deepu , Shijil , Arun AS , Abhi , Incognito , Abhishek Chakraborty , Alok , Anil Raghavan , Muni , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2009
A was the black one . B , C , D and E have all been proposed to be the albescent one . Identify all and explain . The funda is that they have all been ( or thought to have been ) the STIG , ie the anonymous racing car driver on the BBC [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2009
Connect A – E to one of F ‘s songs . A – Long Island , NY B – Rita Hayworth C – Matador D – Sunrise / Sunset E – Vecuronium , a muscle paralyzer F – The Eagles The connect – All of them have cocktails containing Tequila named after them . [...]
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