Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2009
If something inspired by the event in the pic is 2nd and the song is 3rd , then what is 1st ? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EUMFZxBros] According to the Guiness Book of World Records , “For he’s/she’s a jolly good fellow” ( inspired by the Battle of Malplaquet of 1709 – the event in the pic ) is [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2009
Who connects ? Quoting Rithwik , “Connect – Blink 182 In 2001, Blink-182 band members Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus created the clothing line Atticus Clothing (logo shown in A) and their debut album was named Cheshire Cat (B)” Brilliant crack by Rithwik , Anil Raghavan , Arun Hiregange and Johny Walker .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 10th, 2009
Whose logbook ? Quoting Yadhu , “Logbook of Grace Hopper . She worked on Harvard’s Mark I (1944) and Mark II (1945) computers. One day, noticing that the computer had failed, Hopper and her colleagues discovered a moth in a faulty relay. The insect was removed and fixed to the page of a logbook as [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2009
Today’s question comes from Arun AS . Phenomenon A is named after B because of a similar characteristic . Solve for A and B . A Fata Morgana ( A ) is a mirage, an optical phenomenon which results from temperature inversion and is the Italian translation of Morgan le Fay( B ) , the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2009
Anil Raghavan , take a bow , for becoming the first person to reach the milestone of 200 points on this blog Simple . Connect . Chokila Iyer ( A ) and Nirupama Rao ( B ) are the only ladies to have been appointed Foreign Secretary of India . Cracked by Manjith , Johny [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2009
Who as who ? Marilyn Manson as Lewis Caroll in his directorial debut ‘Phantasmagoria’ . Cracked by Kamal Rathi , RaklodramA and Rithwik . Well done !
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2009
Time for a long connect B takes his alias after events surrounding A . B established X which shot to worldwide (in)fame because of C . C compared X to D . An important characteristic of D was used by actor E in one of his roles Y . To complete the connect , E [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2009
She lost . Who won ? Quoting Sachin Iyer , ” Tommy Haas won . When Tommy Haas’ second round opponent at Wimbledon 2009 , Michaël Llodra , injured himself after colliding with a ballgirl at the side of court, Haas offered one of her fellow ballgirls, 15-year-old Chloe Chambers ( the girl in the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 4th, 2009
Find the Answers and Scores for The Monthly Set – 7 here . What is being satirized here ? The legal strategy ‘Chewbacca Defense’ from South Park satirized Johnnie Cochran’s closing arguement defending O.J.Simpson in his murder trial . Cracked by Rithwik , Morgankuze , Anubhav , Anil Raghavan , Arun Hiregange , Nishanth Raman [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2009
A was named after B . Name either . Mutant Zero / Typhoid Mary ( A ) – Typhoid Mary ( B ) . Cracked by Suraj S , Rithwik , Johny Walker , Anil Raghavan , Arun Hiregange , Arun AS , Anubhav and Anoop Koshy .
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