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Monthly Archive for April, 2009

Daily Question # 189

Scores  have  been  updated . Owner of a very dubious record . What ? Ron  Artest  , who  used  to  play  for  the  Indiana  Pacers , has  to  his  credit  the  longest  non-drug  or  betting  related  suspension  in  NBA  history . This  happened  as  a  result  of  the  very  (in)famous  Pacers-Pistons  brawl  in  2004 . Fully [...]

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Daily Question # 188

Scores  will  be  updated  tomorrow . What connects ?   Alexander  Dityatin ( A )  and  Nadia  Comaneci ( B )  are  the  first  male  and  female  gymnasts  to  score  a  Perfect  10 . Cracked  by  Arun  Hiregange , Jithin , Anil  Raghavan , Anand  Shankar , Jyothi , Deepu , Vishnu , Moid  Siddiqui [...]

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Daily Question # 187

A  Sitter  for  Sunday. What  connects  these  politicians?   Quoting  Shrey  Goyal , “Megawati , or  Meghawati, prominent  Indonesian  politician  and  former President, was  given  her  name  by  the eminent  Indian  leader  Biju  Patnaik, when  he  visited  her  father, Soekarno, the  first  President  of  Indonesia, in  1947, whose  wife  had  just  given  birth  to  a [...]

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Daily Question # 186

‘Something’  named  after  A  is  not  named  after  B  even  though  it  can  be mistaken. C  also  shares  equal  credit  for  its  etymology . Identify A, B and  C  and that  ‘something’   A-  Elbridge  Gerry , who  proposed  gerrymandering -a process by which electoral districts are drawn with the aim of aiding the party in [...]

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Daily Question # 185

What ‘unit’ is named after this gentleman?   Scoville  units  used  to  measure  the  hotness  of  chilli/pepper  is  named  after  Wilbur  Scoville . Cracked  by  Deepu , Arun  Hiregange , Hrishikesh  Varma , Anil  Raghavan , Jyothi  and  Anon .

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Daily Question # 184

What  famous  brand  resulted  from  the  surname  of   this  gentleman  in  A and  products  of  B  and  C ?   Colgate  Palmolive .   Cracked  by  Anil  Raghavan , Moid , Error 404 , Navpreet , Varun , Malcaluffin , Arun  Hiregange , Gryphusnick , Vijith  and  Jyothi .

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Daily Question # 183

Double  A  to  get  B  or  C . Solve  for  A , B  and  C .   Shahid  Afridi ( B )  and  Fred  Couples ( C )  share  the  nickname  ’boom  boom’  and  A  happens  to  be  a  Boom  barrier .   Cracked  by  Abhi , Arun  Hiregange , Arun  Warrier , Jyothi , [...]

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Daily Question # 182

How  has  this  actress-director  been  immortalised ?   Mary  Antoinette  Perry , after  whom  the  Tony  Awards  are  named . Cracked  only  by  Arun  Hiregange . Salut !!

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Daily Question # 181

Which  retired  fighter  connects ?   Quoting  Navpreet , “A – A Simpsons parody on “Nighthawks” (1942), a painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. B – The Bird – “Lesser Nighthawk” Connection – The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a stealth ground attack [...]

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Daily Question # 180

Whose  last  view ? The  Folkestone  White  Horse  figure  at  Folkestone , Kent  is  the  last  view  of   England  for  passengers  using  the  Channel  Tunnel  from  the  English  side . Cracked  by  Rithwik , Deepu , Nayantara  and  Anubhav .

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