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Archive for June, 2009

Daily Question # 257

Find  the  Monthly  Set – 7  here .
Who  as  who ?
( In  simple  terms , identify  him  and  his  alias )

Joseph  Pistone  as  ‘Donnie  Brasco’ .
Cracked  by  Rithwik , Sandipan  Chakravarty , Anil  Raghavan , Gautam  Jayasurya , Johny  Walker , Suraj S , Siddharth  Jain , Abhiram , Vishnu  and  Arun  Hiregange .

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Daily Question # 256

Easy  one  for  the  weekend .
Connect .

The  Catalan  region ( A ) , Monkey’s  Bum ( B ) , Napoleon ( C ) , Berlin ( D )  and  Inverted  Hungary ( E )   – All  names  of  Chess  openings .
Rithwik  was  the  only  one  attempting  this . He  IDed  almost  [...]

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Daily Question # 255

Find  the  monthly  set – 7  here .
Connect  the  4  locations .
The  Forests  of  Amazon ( A ) , War  zones  in  Croatia ( B ) , Tanzania ( C )  and  a  corn  field  in  Warwick , New  York ( D )  were  the  4  locations  where  Michael  Jackson’s  ‘Earth  Song’  was  shot .
R.I.P  [...]

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Daily Question # 254

Find  the  Monthly  Set – 7  here .
Question  from  Hrishikesh  Varma .
Very simply, what is being depicted in the picture below?

‘Penny  Lane’ by  The  Beatles .
Cracked  by  Johny  Walker , Abhi , Nishanth  Raman  and  Anil  Raghavan . Good  job !

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Daily Question # 253

Find  the  Monthly  Set – 7  here .
Where ?

Gibraltar . The  airport  also  holds  the  record  of  being  the  closest  airport  to  the  city  that  it  serves .
Cracked  by  Rithwik , Anil  Raghavan , Abhi , Nishanth  Raman , The  Editor , Anon , Vishnu , Subin  and  Johny  Walker .

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Daily Question # 252

Today’s  question  comes  from  Hrishikesh  Varma .
Whose  face  is  blanked  out ? What  is  the  story  behind  the  picture ?

Marlon Brando. The guy wearing the football helmet is Ron Galella, arguably the most famous paparazzo of all time. Once, in a fit of anger, Brando broke Galella’s jaw for spying on him. Thereafter, Galella followed [...]

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Daily Question # 251

What  ‘distinction’  connects ?

Manfred  von  Richtofen / The  Red  Baron ( A )  and  Erich  Hartmann / The  Black  Devil ( B ) – pilots  who  scored maximum  kills  in  WW I  and  II  respectively .
Cracked  by  Rithwik , Nishanth  Raman , Kamal  Rathi , Anil  Raghavan , Incognito  and  Shijil .

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Find  the  edition  for  the  month  of  June  HERE .
Happy  quizzing !

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Daily Question # 250

Google  Earth  image  of  ?

Hagia  Sofia .
Cracked  by  Sumo , Rithwik , Siddharth  Jain , Anil  Raghavan , Kamal  Rathi , Chithananda and  JK .

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Daily Question # 249

All  claimants  of  a  disputed  record . Which  one ?
Also  identify  all .

Quoting  Abhi ,
“A: The great stalacpipe organ in the Luray caverns
B: Wanamaker, world’s largest pipe organ in the Philadelphia Macy’s department store.
C: Atlantic City’s Boardwalk hall Pipe Organ
All said to be the largest musical instruments ( also the largest organs ) in the [...]

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