Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2009
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2009
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2009
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 16th, 2009
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 15th, 2009
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 13th, 2009
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 13th, 2009
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 12th, 2009
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 11th, 2009
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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Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2009
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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