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Monthly Archive for April, 2009

Daily Question # 198

X , in the  state  of  Y  is  named after  A , the  wife  of  B .  Solve for all .  Quoting  Arun  Hiregange , “ Ledikeni ( X ) , a  popular  sweet  in  West Bengal  ( Y ) aka  Pantua,  after  Lady Canning ( A ),  wife  of  Lord  Canning ( B ) ” [...]

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Daily Question # 197

Attempt  the  Monthly  Set – 5  here . A , B and  C  are  connected  by  a  medical  condition / term  X . D  shows  Y  ’infected’  with  X .  Solve  for  A , B , C , X  and  Y .   The  connect  is  Plague . A – Daniel  Defoe ; wrote  the [...]

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Daily Question # 196

Attempt  the  monthly  set  here . What ? Take  the  last  pic  as  a  clue .   Quoting  Deepu , “A  modified  Mil  V-12  helicopter (the  largest  helicopter  ever  built) that’s now  called  “The Hotelicopter” and  is  being  hailed  as  the  first  flying  hotel. It  was  later  revealed to be  a marketing  hoax . Nickname [...]

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Daily Question # 195

Who / What  is  the  missing  member  in  this  list ?   A – The  Retreat  Building , Mashobra , near  Shimla B – Rashtrapathi  Nilayam , Secunderabad The  missing  one  is  Rashtrapathi  Bhavan , New  Delhi . All  are  the  Presidential  residences  of  the  President  of  India . Cracked  by  Jyothi , Kamal  Rathi [...]

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Daily Question # 194

A’s   most  famous  creation  X  served  as  an  inspiration  for  another  character  Y . The  movie  adaptation  of  Y  has  something  which  has  attained  iconic  status  and  is  supposedly  inspired  by  B’s  most  famous  work . Solve  for  A, B , X  and  Y .   Quoting  Jyothi , ” Sax  Rohmer (A) created [...]

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Daily Question # 193

Find  the  Monthly  Set – 5  here . Who  is  he ? Where  can  one  find  him ? The  demon  Apasmara  who  symbolises  Epilepsy  and  Ignorance . He  is  the dwarf  on  whom  Shiva  dances  in  his  Nataraja depiction. In  most  Nataraja depictions ,Apasmara  is  shown  as  being crushed  by Shiva’s  foot . However , [...]

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Daily Question # 192

What  was  named  after  B  by  the  man  in A?   Carlo  Collodi’s ( A )  character  Pinocchio  translates  into  ’Pine  Nut’ ( B )  in  Tuscan . Cracked  by  Jyothi , Arun  Hiregange , Varun , Anil  Raghavan , Moid  Siddiqui  and  Ajay  Parasuraman .

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The Monthly Set – 5

Presenting  The  Monthly  Set – 5 . FIND  IT  HERE . All  the  best !!

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Daily Question # 191

What  connects ?   Quoting  Arun  Hiregange , “Douglas  Adams  ( B ) suggested  the  album  name  Division  Bell  to  Pink  Floyd’s  Dave  Gilmour  on  condition  that  a  donation  be  made  to  the  Save  The  Rhino foundation ( A ) which  he  had  co-founded, and  the  Ely Cathedral ( C )  can  be  seen  on  the [...]

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Daily Question # 190

Which  world  famous  location ? The  Rock  and  Roll  Hall  of  Fame . Cracked  by  Deepu , Jyothi , Error 404 , Abhi , Nishanth  Raman , Arun  Hiregange , Arun  Warrier , Anil  Raghavan , Arun AS , Varun , Hrishikesh  Varma , Moid  Siddiqui  and  Ajay  Parasuraman .

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