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 Karanth (A) [...]
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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 shows ice [...]
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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 island [...]
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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 , was [...]
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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 scrapped in 1952 on the [...]
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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 – Michael Johnson
E – [...]
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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 to trademark issues, and they had [...]
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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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