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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 .

A

A

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B

C

C

D

D

 

The  connect  is  Plague .

A – Daniel  Defoe ; wrote  the  novel ” A  journal  of  the  Plague  year ”  ,  account  of  one  man’s  experiences  of  the  year  1665, in  which  the  Great  Plague  struck  the  city  of  London 

B – Thomas  Malthus ; Plague  is  often  cited  as  an  example  of   Malthusian  check / catastrophe

C – Illustration  of  the  nursery  rhyme  ” Ring  a  Ring  o’  Roses ” , which  is  associated  with  the  Great  Plague  of  1665  and  the  lyrics  describe  the  symptoms  of  the  disease

D – Leaking  capacitors , known  as  Capacitor  Plague

 

Cracked  fully  by  Jyothi ,  Abhi , Ajay  Parasuraman , Deepthi  Mani , Arun  Hiregange , Deepu and  Anil Raghavan .Half  credits  to  Rithwik , Abhishek , Manjith , Shounak , Jubair , Nogu , Bobby and  Johny  Walker .

15 Responses to “Daily Question # 197”

  1. Rithwik says:

    Alexander Volta
    Ampere
    Any Mark Twain Story

    What i know is that D is effected by Capacitor Plague…..I need credits 4 dis:-)

  2. jo says:

    ringa ringa rosies (c) gave it away! :p
    a-daniel defoe
    b- malthus
    x- the bubonic plague or the black death
    d- capacitor(y) plague

  3. Abhishek says:

    C- Ring a Ring ‘O’ Roses

    D- Capacitor Plague

    X- Plague

    The connect is PLAGUE

  4. Abhi says:

    A: Daniel Defoe, who wrote “A journal of the plague year”
    B: Thomas Malthus, of the malthussian limit
    C: Ring-a-ring o’ Roses, based on the plague
    X: Plague
    Y: Capacitors

  5. Ajay Parasuraman says:

    plague?

  6. Deepthi Mani says:

    Daniel Defoe/A journal of the plague year
    Malthus/ plague as a Malthusian check
    Ringa ringa roses / questionable connection to London plague
    capacitor plague

  7. Manjith says:

    C is Ring-a-Ring-o-roses which has lines that supposedly refer to the Bubonic plague.
    X=plague.
    Not sure abt the rest :(

  8. Arun Hiregange says:

    Plague (capactitor plague, ring-a-ringa-roses is about plague, Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year, Malthusian catastrophe)

  9. Shounak says:

    Sir Isaac Newton was sent back from Cambridge due to the Bubonic Plague.

    C: Ring-a-ring-a roses was composed for the bubonic plague.

    Not sure about the other two.

    Thus,the connect is The Bubonic Plague.

  10. Deepu J.S says:

    A-Daniel Defoe
    B-Alessandro Manzoni
    C-Ring a ring a rosie
    X-Plague
    Y-Capacitor

  11. anil raghavan says:

    1)daniel defoe/wrote abt plague
    b)thomas malthus/catastrophy theory on populatio
    c)ring a ring of roses/supposed tro be on plague
    x)plague
    y)capacitor

  12. Jubair says:

    X – PLAGUE

    Y – CAPACITOR

    Connection: Plague

  13. nogu says:

    c-ringa ringa roses
    d-plague

  14. Bobby says:

    x – plague

    d – shows capacitors affected by plague(ie; som e problem in manufacturing causing them to blow out)

    c- ring a ring of roses – nursery rhyme “said” to be refering to plague in europe

  15. Johny Walker says:

    ring a ring a roses – bubonic plague

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