Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2009
Presenting the Monthly Set for October . As usual , we have 2 sections with 10 questions each . The questions are easier this time out . So , get cracking and send in your attempts asap . Find the set here .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 21st, 2009
Clue added for Q No. 367 . It will be open for one more day . The pic shows a structure which has been camouflaged to prevent enemy attack . What is so remarkable about the object that forms the pedestal of this structure ? Quoting Appu , “Catherine the Great commissioned this statue [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2009
What was inspired by this figurine ? Clue : Quoting CATD , “The Golden Idol in the movie Raiders of the lost ark was based on the artifact presumed to depict the Aztec goddess Tlazolteotl ( the first pic )” . The second pic is the Ark of the Covenant , basis for the plot [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2009
Who is this statue dedicated to? Eleanor Rigby . Cracked by Arun AS , Freestyler , Anil Raghavan , JK and CATD .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2009
Google Earth Time . Which other location ( in the same country as this one ) could connect this place to ? This is the Ground Zero Cafe at the Pentagon . The Pentagon was thought to be the most likely site for a nuclear attack during the days of Cold War . The open [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2009
Which unique location in India could one connect this advertisement to ? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q48YN2fTjnU] This ad for the Citroen Visa GTI model was shot on the French aircraft carrier Clemenceau . The ship was to be scrapped at Alang in Gujarat , but stirred up a hornet’s nest as it had tons of toxic chemicals on [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2009
Which 2 chaps are missing from this list ? Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth are missing . The guys featured here are Charles Guiteau ( A ) , the assassin of President James Garfield and Leon Czolgosz ( B ) , the assassin of President William McKinley . Cracked by Rithwik , Arun [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2009
What connection does this tree have to the world of IT ? The town of Palo Alto , California , home to some of the heavyweights of the hardware and software industry, gets its name from a Sequoia tree named El Palo Alto ( means ‘tall stick’ ) . The tree is also visible on [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2009
This landmark cartoon was a result of which event ? This is Australia’s first ever political cartoon and is a parody on William Bligh’s arrest after the Rum Rebellion . Cracked by Rithwik , Manjith , Arun , Anil Raghavan , CATD , Bobby , Kamal Rathi , Jyothi and Hadi .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2009
If the chap on the ground repeated whatever he’s doing about 365 times , what would he have done ? What came out of this seemingly stupid incident ? The snap shows Oliver Smoot { who was then a student at MIT and later became the Chairman of the American National Standards Institute ( ANSI [...]
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