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Monthly Archive for July, 2009

Daily Question # 279

Find  the  Monthly  set – 8  here . How  do  we  better  know  what  he  was  holding  when  he  was  murdered ? ( To  cover  up  for  yesterday , 2 points  to  everyone  cracking  this  question ) James  Butler  Hickok/Will  Bill  Hickok  was  playing  poker  when  he  was  murdered  and  was  holding  a  pair of  [...]

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The Monthly Set – 8

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Daily Question # 278

What  (in)famous  first  is  he  credited  with  in  the  world  of  literature ? Apologies  folks , cos  ive  goofed  up  once  again    . The  answer that  I  was  looking  for  was  John  Cleland , author  of   Fanny  Hill , the  first  modern  English  erotic  novel . However , the  guy  in  the  pic  is a  [...]

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Daily Question # 277

Identify  the  location . What  is  its  claim  to  fame ? Qumran  caves , where  the  Dead  Sea  scrolls  were  discovered . Cracked  by  Rand  al’Thor , Arun  Hiregange , Deepthi  Mani , Nishanth  Raman and  Raghuvansh ( via  Facebook ) .

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Daily Question # 276

A’s  most  famous  work  X   was  the  inspiration  for  one  of  the  most  recognizable  features  Y  of  B . Solve  for  A , B , X  and  Y . Harold  Gray’s  ( A )  ‘Little  Orphan  Annie’  series ( X )  gave  rise  to  the  term  ‘Orphan  Annie  Eye’  Nuclei ( Y ) , [...]

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Daily Question # 275

What’s  happening ? Quoting  Nishanth  Raman , “Sacheen Littlefeather aka Marie Cruz presented a speech on behalf of actor Marlon Brando, when he boycotted the 45th Academy Awards ceremony on March 27, 1973 in protest of the treatment of American Indians by the film industry” Cracked  by  Rithwik , Johny  Walker , Hrishikesh  Varma , [...]

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Daily Question # 274

Connect . The  connect – All  these  fabrics  are  named  after  places . A – Muslin , from  Mosul , Iraq B – Denim , from Nimes , France C – Suede , from  Sweden D – Calico , from  Calicut E – Cashmere , from  Kashmir Cracked  by  Rithwik , Manjith , Praveen VR [...]

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Daily Question # 273

What ? The  Baghdad  Battery ,widely considered  to  be  the  first  ever  Galvanic  Cell . Cracked  by  Kamal  Rathi , Arun  Hiregange , Ameya , Rithwik , Siddharth  Jain  and  Ajay  Parasuraman .

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Daily Question # 272

Why  was  this  event  unique ? The  pic  depicts  the  Indian  Armed  Forces  contingent  ( comprising  of  Army  men  from  the  Maratha  Light  Infantry , the  Navy  and  the  Air  Force ) marching  down  the  Champs  de  Elysees  on  the  occasion  of  Bastille  Day  2009 . This  was  the  first  ever  time  an  Indian  contingent  [...]

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Daily Question # 271

Connect the cook (A) with the man (B) whose statue is seen. A – Ali  Maow  Maalin , the  last  known  person  in  the  world  to  be  infected  with  naturally  occurring  Small  Pox B – Edward  Jenner , inventor  of  the  small  pox  vaccine . The  connect – Small  Pox Cracked  only  by  Rithwik . [...]

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