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Monthly Archive for December, 2009

Daily Question # 416

What  is  his  claim  to  fame  in  the  world  of  medicine ? This  is  Joseph  Meister , the  first  person  to  receive  the  Rabies  Vaccine . The  snap  was  taken  while  he  was  working  as  the  caretaker  of the  Pasteur Institute  as  an  adult. Uncracked , yet  again .

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Daily Question # 415

Identify  this  very  appropriately  named  building. The  Index  in  Dubai , named  so  because  it  resembles  one. Uncracked.

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Daily Question # 414

Connect. ( Not  Exhaustive ) Dido ( A ) , Rachel < from  Friends > ( B ) , Madame  de  Pompadour ( C ) , Julius  Caesar ( D )  and  Nancy  Kwan ( E )  have  all  got  hairstyles  named after  them. Cracked  by  Freestyler , Shrey  Goyal , Hadi , Sai  Ganesh [...]

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Daily Question # 413

Connect . ( Not  exhaustive ) Luis  Enrique ( A ) , Robert  Prosinecki ( B ) , Samuel  Eto’o ( C )  and  Gheorghe Hagi ( D )  have  all  played  for  Real  Madrid  n  later  for  Barcelona  as  well. Cracked  by  Arun  Hiregange , Freestyler  and  Nitish.

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Daily Question # 412

A  was  awarded  something  for  its  role  in  events  surrounding  B , thereby making  A  the  only  one  of  its  kind  in  the  world  to  have  received  such  an honour. Identify  A ,  B and  what  did  A  receive ? Quoting  Nishanth  Raman , “The La Martinière Boys’ College, Lucknow(A) is the only school in [...]

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Daily Question # 411

Connect  A  and  B  to  the  FBI . D.B. Cooper is  the  connect  I  was  looking for . The  pursuit  of  DB  Cooper featured  Treat  Williams ( A ) as  Cooper  and Special  Agent  Dale  Bartholomew  Cooper  played  by  Kyle  MacLachlan ( B ) in  Twin  Peaks is  named  after  DB  Cooper . Appu  and [...]

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Daily Question # 410

While  on  duty , A  is  used . In  absentia , B  takes  over . Who / what  are  we  discussing here ? The  coat  of  arms  of  the  Pope  depicts  a  Tiara ( A )  while  he’s  in  office , but  is  replaced  by  an  Umbrella/Umbraculum ( B )  during  sede  vacante. Cracked  only [...]

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Daily Question # 409

Simple  one  for  the  day . Funda  please . Quoting  Appu , “In the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, Red Bull supported the movie “Superman Returns”, which continues the line of marketing events begun by the “Star Wars: Episode III” promotion of 2005. When Coulthard finished third in the race, he donned a Superman cape for [...]

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Daily Question # 408

Connect. The  term  ‘It  Girl‘  was  first  used  by  Elinor  Glyn ( B )  to  describe  Clara  Bow ( in A )  as  she  appeared  in  the  1927  flick  ’It’. Cracked  only  by  the  It  Man – Anil  Raghavan . Super  job !

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Daily Question # 407

Connect   A   and  B   to   C . Menachem  Begin ( A )  and  Anwar  Sadat ( B )  met  at  Camp  David , named so  after  Eisenhower’s  grandson  Dwight  David  Eisenhower  II ( C ) , to  sign the  Camp  David  Accords in  1978. Cracked  by  Manjith , Anil  Raghavan , [...]

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