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Monthly Archive for December, 2009

Daily Question #426

Just  identify  the  lady  in  the  chair . Florence  Owens  Thompson , the  Migrant  Mother . Cracked  by  Manjith , Arun , Arun  Hiregange , Yadhu , Bobby , Rithwik , Sachin  Iyer , Kaushik  Saha , Balakrishnan  and  Anil  Raghavan .

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Daily Question # 425

Have  been  wanting  to  ask  this  question  for  a  while  now . Just  connect. “They  shall  not  pass” is  a  famous  slogan  used  to  express  determination  to  defend  a  position  against  an  enemy. It  was  most  famously  used  during  WW I  in  the  Battle  of  Verdun  by  Robert  Nivelle ( A ) . Gandalf  battles  [...]

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Daily Question # 424

Identify this revolutionary. Dr. Shere  Hite . Cracked  by  Rithwik , Hadi  and  Anil  Raghavan .

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Daily Question # 423

Which  old  man  connects ? Amoeba  Proteus ( A ) , Proteus  Vulgaris ( B )  and  Proteobacteria ( Eg. E.Coli – pic  C )  have  all  been  appropriately  named  after  Proteus , the  shape-shifting  Greek  sea-god . Proteus  is  also  known  as  ‘The  Old  Man  of  the  Sea’ . Cracked  only  by  Balakrishnan  and  [...]

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Daily Question # 422

Who  came  out  with  this  video  game ? What  is  it  based  on ? Special  Force – 2 released  by  Hezbollah  based  on  the  2006  Lebanon  War  between  Israel  and  Hezbollah. Cracked  by  Arun  Hiregange , Balakrishnan , Subin , Bobby , Ajay  Parasuraman , Hadi , Rithwik , Sachin  Iyer , Anil  Raghavan and  [...]

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Daily Question # 421

X  was  supposedly  inspired  by  the  shape  of  the  mountain  A . X  is  such  an iconic  thing  in  its  country  of  origin  Y  that  even  buildings  are  modelled after  X ( as  seen  in  B ) . X  even  features  on  the  national  flag  of  Y . X  and  Y  please . Basotho  Hat [...]

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Daily Question # 420

This  question  is  primarily  about  a  word/name  X . A  is  a  famous  stone  which  featured  the  name  X . B  and  C , the  first  men in their country  to  do/be  something , were  among  people  who  used  the name  X  as  a  tribute . The  name  X  was  in  news  in  the  1990s [...]

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Daily Question # 419

Identify  the  painting  and  the  painter . What  Russian  legal  connection  does  the  painting  have ? The  Gleaners by  Jean-Francois  Millet. In  the  erstwhile  Soviet  Union , peasants  caught  gleaning (hand-collecting the  leftovers  of  grains  or  ’spikelets’ ) in  the  collective  fields  after  the harvest  were  arrested  for  ”damaging  the  state  grain  production”  and  this gave [...]

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Daily Question # 418

Bad quizmasters and a few memorable fluid encounters prevented us from posting questions. Apologies and two questions as compensation. Dedicated to all the quizzers who are happily unaware of the location of General Hospital, Calicut. How do we better know the most famous of this bloodline? The painting portrays the Greek Gods Vulcan and Maia. [...]

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Daily Question # 417

What  came  of  this  collaboration? ‘Almost  Famous’ was  a  result  of  Cameron  Crowe’s   ( blanked  out  part  in  B ) experiences  touring  with  rock  bands  , specifically  The  Allman  Brothers  Band ( A ). Cracked  only  by  Freestyler  and  Nishanth  Raman. Good  job  guys !

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