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Monthly Archive for November, 2009

Daily Question # 396

Connect . ( You  may  need  to  do  a  lil  bit  of  lateral  thinking ) Clue :   The  connect – Fighter  jets  manufactured  by  Saab Saab  29  Tunnan , means  ’Flying  Barrel’  -  A Saab 32  Lansen , meaning  ’Lance’ – B Saab 35  Draken , meaning  ’Dragon’ – C Saab 37  Viggen , [...]

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Daily Question #395

With apologies for the late posting, what’s the joke daa? Copy-pasting from Appu who copy-pasted from a reliable source: “The award Latraviata is receiving parodies the César Award given by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema. The first César Award for Best Actress was given to Romy Schneider (who resembles Latraviata) in [...]

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Daily Question #394

If she was the first, who’s the latest? Marilynne Robinson is the 2009 winner of the Orange Prize for fiction. Surprisingly uncracked.

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Daily Question # 393

Sorry  folks,  Am  travelling , hence  the  delay . The  blog  will  be  back  to  normalcy  in  couple  of  days . And  this  question ( and  the  previous  one  as  well ) stays  open  till  tomorrow . Looney  Tunes  parody  of  ? The  answer  I  was  looking  for  was  Dick  Tracy . This  is  Daffy  Duck  in [...]

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Daily Question # 392

It  is  represented  as  a  combination  of  A  and  B . What ? ‘The  Sign‘  in  Ace  of  Base’s  eponymous  song  is  represented  as  a  combination  of  the  Egyptian  symbols  Ankh ( A )  and  Djed ( B ) . Am  giving  full  credits  to  folks  who’ve  identified  both  the  characters – Mrinalini , Arun [...]

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Daily Question # 391

Anil  Raghavan  has  done  an  Andy  Sandham  here . All  rise  and  applaud ! Congrats  to  Rithwik  and  Kamal  Rathi  as  well ,  for  hitting  the  200  mark . If  he  is  the  5th  one , who  are  the  other  4 ? Magnus  Carlsen  is  the  5th  player  and  the  youngest  to  achieve  an  Elo [...]

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Scores and Answers – MS 11

Scores 1. Anil  Raghavan – 10.5 2. Arun  Hiregange – 10 3. Abhishek  Chakraborty – 8 4. Sai Ganesh – 6 5. Rithwik – 6 6. Kamal  Rathi – 5.5 7. Arun – 5 8. Sachin  Iyer – 4 9. Manjith – 3 10. Abhijeet – 3 Find  the  Answers  to  the  Monthly  Set  here [...]

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Daily Question # 390

Just  identify  this  location  in  Lancashire . Penny  Lane , of  Beatles  fame . Cracked  by  Arun , CATD , Kcgadiyar , Subin , Rithwik and  Anil  Raghavan . Half  credits  to  Manjith .  

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Daily Question # 389

What  inspired  these  weird  acts ? xkcd , Chesscoaster to  be  specific . Cracked  by  Shrey  Goyal , Bobby , Mann , Rithwik , Sai Ganesh , Manjith , Arun , Arun  Hiregange , Nitish Khadiya , Kamal  Rathi , Deepu , Arun  Warrier , Subin , Anil Raghavan , Freestyler  and  Jackandlagoon .

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Daily Question # 388

Claim  to  fame  of  the  building ? This  is  the  Olsen  House  in  Cushing , Maine  and  is  the  house  featured  in  Andrew  Wyeth’s  Christina’s  World . The  Top  Two  continue  to  prove  that  they  are  a  class  apart . Well  Done  Appu  and  Anil  Raghavan !

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