Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2009
In which job would one possibly find a use for the following ?
The Italian Job . The getaway sequence in the movie , to be more precise .
In the 1969 version , after stealing the gold , the minis race through the Museo Egizio ( A ) , Via Roma ( B ) [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 11th, 2009
Today’s question comes from Vikas . His blog is back after a hiatus . Find it here .
What achievement connects these masters ?
Sam Snead ( A ) , Jack Burke Jr. ( B ) and Zach Johnson ( C ) hold the record for the highest winning score of 289 ( +1 ) at the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 10th, 2009
Which ‘festival’ that began in the 1940s could one possibly connect this person to ?
The town of Karlovy Vary in Czech Republic gets its name from Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV ( the guy in the pic ) . The town is known the world over for a variety of reasons , the most important [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 10th, 2009
“I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 10th, 2009
“All good things must come to an end”
So must all the whacky things. Hope you’ve enjoyed the quiz and sent it in your answers. We’ll be putting out the answers later today, and we’ll try to add up the answers as well, but no guarantees on the latter.
Till then, have a go at our daily question.
Regards,
Capitaine and The Big Fat Panda
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 10th, 2009
Identify both the visuals and ‘establish’ a connection.
Quoting Kaustuba ,
“Second Picture is a poster of the movie Lolita (1962 version).
In the story, the protagonist Humber Humbert hires a former tennis legend to coach Lolita knowing the fact that since he is a homosexual he wouldn’t bother her.
Vladimir Nabokov, writer of the novel, apparently based this [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 9th, 2009
Hello.
Here you have it, the Wiki Whacki kWiz right where we said it would be.
No general rules besides:
1. The Quizmasters are always right.
2. When in doubt, read Rule No.1
That’s all, folks!
And as the MTV voice, enjoy…
PS: You might want to leave the answers as comments, or mail them to captain.chandrakant@gmail.com or swordthatwasbroken@gmail.com
Hello.
Here you [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 7th, 2009
Today’s question comes from Kaustuba Venugopal .
Connect the two photographs to an iconic scene from a movie .
A is Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion” and B is H R Giger , the man behind the art/look of the Aliens in the Alien movie franchise . The Chestburster Scene [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 6th, 2009
What is the Indian connection ?
Quoting Arun Hiregange ,
“The winning directors when Indian movies were nominated for Best Foreign Picture Oscar: Federico Fellini’s( A ) The Nights of Cabiria (Italy), Bille August’s ( B ) Pelle the Conqueror (Denmark) and Danis Tanovic’s ( C ) No Man’s Land (Bosnia-Herzegovina)”
Cracked by Arun Hiregange , Kamal Rathi [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 5th, 2009
“Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.”
-Margo Channing (Bette Davis), All About Eve (1950)
You’re right, suckers. It’s another announcement alright, but no, not a harbinger of doom. Yet.
However, since the blog has been going on smoothly for some time now and since we are fast approaching 300 posts, we feel its [...]
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