Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 12th, 2009
Question from the BFP . Tribute to what ? This is the statue of the main character , the Hedgehog , from one of the best animation features of all time , Hedgehog in the Fog , in Kiev . Fantastic crack by Arun and Jyothi !
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2009
Just identify the contraption the chaps are inspecting . Robert Boyle and Denis Papin with Papin’s Digester , the forerunner of the pressure cooker . Uncracked .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 10th, 2009
Why was the logo chosen ? Quoting Appu , “The Tasmanian Devil is in danger of extinction and the Linux community is doing its part to prevent that from happening. The Linux community, spearheaded by Linus Torvalds himself, have decided to take a temporary substitute for Tux, the Linux penguin mascot, in the form of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2009
What are those colorful things around the monument ? This is the memorial to Sadako Sasaki , a victim of the atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima . Sadako developed Leukaemia soon after and was hospitalised . One of her friends visited her in the hospital and presented her with a paper crane . Inspired by [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2009
Flavour of the season . What connects these gentlemen ? The chaps are Jacob von Uexhull ( A ) , the man behind the “Right Livelihood Award” and Niels Henrik Abel ( B ) , after whom the Abel Prize in Mathematics is named . Both these awards are considered Alternative Nobel Prizes . Cracked [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009
Connect . Leonardo da Vinci ‘s “The Lady with the Ermine” ( A ) , Hans Holbein’s “The Lady and the Squirrel” ( B ) and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo’s “Young Woman with a Macaw” ( C ) were the inspirations for the concept of Daemons in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy . Cracked by [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2009
Whose sons ? Mahatma Gandhi They are ‘Filos de Gandhi’ , which translates into ‘Sons of Gandhi’ . They are one of the most famous and popular carnival groups in Brazil and was created just after Gandhi’s death in his memory and in support of peace . Read more HERE . Cracked by Freestyler , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2009
Scroll down for the results of The 365 Quiz . Alrite , back to business now . Who’s being targetted here ? Bill Clinton famously portrayed as a Waffle in Doonesbury . Cracked by Anish and Arun Hiregange . Good work guys !
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2009
And they happily quizzed ever after. We were thoroughly underwhelmed by the number of entries: a not-exactly-mind-numbing 17 entries However, as it turned out, matters were not helped by some stupidity on our part. What we are pleased to point out is, however, that many quizzers promptly pointed out our attempts at non-intelligence . ‘Nuff [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 3rd, 2009
Hello. Welcome to The 365 Quiz. Here are the rules: 1. The quiz consists of 50 questions. 2. Each of the 50 individual questions have their respective marks next to them. That will count up to 80 points. (Please don’t do the math) 3. If you crack every single question, you get another 10 points. [...]
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