Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2009
The Monthly is back !
As usual , we have 2 sections . Section – A is a simple , visual based round with 10 questions amounting to a point each . Section – B is a theme/connect round with 10 questions and each one scoring one point .
So , get cracking and send in your [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2009
The Monthly is back !
As usual , we have 2 sections . Section – A is a simple , visual based round with 10 questions amounting to a point each . Section – B is a theme/connect round with 10 questions and each one scoring one point .
So , get cracking and send in your [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2009
A + B = ?
Meher Baba ( A ) and Terry Riley ( B ) were the inspirations for the title of The Who’s ‘Baba O ‘Riley’ .
Cracked by Anirudh Patil and Comfortably & Technically Dumb . Good job !
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 19th, 2009
Featured below is the live performance of a piece of music . Why would this piece stand the test of time ?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygy73C3Os1w]
The composition is ‘Longplayer’ , the world’s longest piece of music composed by artist Jem Finer . It is a 1000 year long composition and is played out by computer at several public listening [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2009
What did this supposedly inspire ?
Master artist Derek Riggs created Iron Maiden’s mascot ‘Eddie the Head’ based on a Japanese head ( the pic above ) he saw on a television documentary .
Cracked by Rithwik , Debasish , Arun Hiregange , Nishanth Raman , Anil Raghavan , Comfortably & Technically Dumb , Subin and Hadi [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 17th, 2009
Tribute to ?
The painting Arrangement in Grey and Black : The Artist’s Mother , popularly known as Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler . The statue is located in Ashland , Pennsylvania and is intended as a tribute to all mothers .
Cracked by Comfortably & technically Dumb , Arun Hiregange , Debasish , Achyuth , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2009
Scores of questions can be framed about the subject of A ( i.e. the guy on the left in the dock ) . I shall ask only two .
No. 1 – What is the significance of snap A ?
No.2 – Connect the chap in A to B .
Part 1 – The pic shows [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2009
Today’s question comes from Vikas . His blog is up and running again and is into its 2nd season . Find it here .
A’s famous work B was scandalous . How ? C and D should serve as a clue .
Quoting Arun Hiregange ,
“Princess Marie Bonaparte was the basis for a sculpture by Romanian sculptor [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 14th, 2009
The clip is the opening sequence of a very famous movie A which has many distinctions to its credit . A very (in)famous incident B in the early part of this decade paid tribute to this movie by associating itself with the name and characters of the movie .
Just name A and B .
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The movie [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2009
Which famous Indian personality could one connect these locations with ?
The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ( A ) , Iberian Chapel in Moscow ( B ) , Capitoline Hill in Rome ( C ) , El Capitolio in Havana ( D ) , the statue of Charles I at Charing Cross in London ( [...]
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