Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2009
Whose statue ? Where ? The statue of John Wayne at the John Wayne Airport in Orange County , California . Cracked by Incognito , Johny Walker , Deepu , Alok , Nishanth Raman , Vishnu , Navpreet Singh , Painkiller , Jyothi and Rohit Pisharoty .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2009
If the process of creating of a particular group of chemicals ( an example of which is illustrated in A ) is 2nd and B is 3rd , then what is 1st ? A shows the Bayer’s process of manufacturing Alumina , which chemically is a Sesquioxide . The process of creating a Sesquioxide [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 19th, 2009
Thanks to A , the lady in B became the first to do something . What ? Quoting Shrey Goyal , ” Rohini Hattangadi (B) is the first woman to act in the Karnataka dance drama form of ‘Yakshagana’, typically reserved for males, in a folk play titled ‘Bhisma Vijay’, directed by Dr. K. Shivaram [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 18th, 2009
What connects ? A – Snap of US Airways flight 1549 which landed in the Hudson River in NYC earlier this year due to technical snags as a result of bird strikes B – Snap sent by the Phoenix Mars Lander to NASA which established the presence of water on Mars ( lower left corner [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2009
What is unique about the geographical feature indicated by the arrow ? The answer that I was looking for - Lake Manitou on the Manitou Island in Lake Huron is the “Largest Lake in a Lake” in the world . However , it also happens to be largest lake in the world on a freshwater [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 16th, 2009
A was the first sitting member of the US senate to do it and B was the second . Who was 3rd ? Senators Jake Garn ( A ) and Bill Nelson ( B ) were the first and second sitting members of the US Congress in space . The third one , therefore , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 15th, 2009
Connect . Quoting Navpreet Singh , “Connection – Skylon A – Skylon Tower, London UK B – Skylon Tower, Ontario A – The Skylon was a futuristic-looking, slender, vertical, cigar-shaped steel tensegrity structure located by the Thames in London, that apparently floated above the ground, built in 1951 for the Festival of Britain. Skylon was [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 14th, 2009
Today’s question is framed on an idea sent by the Big Fat Panda , whose lesser known name happens to be Hrishikesh Varma . What’s the connect ? Clue – Carly Simon and Shapiro gone MAD would surely like the connection A – Henry Morton Stanley B – Homer Simpson C – David Hicks D [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 13th, 2009
It was initially A . It became X after a concert by B . Solve for A , B and X . Quoting Navpreet Singh , “A – Mookie Blaylock B – Neil Young X – Pearl Jam The band ‘Mookie Blaylock’ named after the former NBA All-Star player, had to change their name due [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 12th, 2009
Identify this award from the field of movies . The Goya Award , the national film award of Spain ,which actually is a bust of Fransisco Goya . Cracked by Navpreet Singh , Jyothi , Moid Siddiqui , Arun Hiregange , Rohit Pisharoty , Anil Raghavan and Jubair .
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