Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
Last day to attempt the Monthly . Find it here .
Who connects ?
J.D. Salinger ( R.I.P good man ) .
Holden and Banky (characters in Chasing Amy { A } , played by Ben and Jason) are named after Holden Caufield and Ed Banky, both from the J. D. Salinger novel “The Catcher in the Rye” [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
What happened to his eyes ?
Quoting Kaushik Saha ,
“He is Argus, the giant with a hundred eyes. According to Ovid, to commemorate her faithful watchman, Hera had the hundred eyes of Argus preserved forever, in a peacock’s tail” . Check other comments for interesting details .
Cracked by Kashyap , Ajay Parasuraman , Anil Raghavan , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2010
Id the chap in A . Also name the work of art featured in the card he’s holding . Connect the work of art to B .
Quoting Anjay ,
“A – Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of the Tate gallery
Painting – “Sir Nicholas Serota Makes an Acquisitions Decision” by Charles Thompson
B – Tracy Emin, artist who is [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 27th, 2010
Who was her most famous pupil ?
This is Anne Sullivan , and her most famous pupil , of course , was Helen Keller .
Cracked by Rajith Ravi , Abhijeet , Deepu , Manjith , Manu Sathian , Dr Vijaynath V , Kaushik Saha , Yadhu , Rithwik , Vetti , Balakrishnan , Shakya , V [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2010
The colourful bird is the proud owner of a record . What ?
The Argentine Blue Bill Duck , among vertebrates , has the longest penis in relation to its body length .
Cracked by Rajith Ravi , Freestyler , Vinayak007 , Kaushik Saha , Subin , Abhijeet , Siddharth Jain , Rithwik , Balakrishnan , Shibu [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2010
The Monthly will be open till the 31st . Find it here .
A very famous tradition associated with this location came to an end this year . What ?
Quoting Manu Sathian ,
“Every year since 1949, a stranger – known locally as the Poe Toaster – has left three roses and a half-bottle of cognac on [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 24th, 2010
Find the Monthly Set – 12 here .
Connect ( Not exhaustive ) .
Wilma Rudolph ( A ) nicknamed The Black Pearl , Anthony Fokker ( B ) nicknamed The Flying Dutchman , The Interceptor ( C ) used by Mad Max in the eponymous movie franchise , Vijay Mallya’s Indian Empress ( D ) , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2010
Find the Monthly Set - 12 here.
What inspired the title of this TV show ?
The name ‘The Kumars at No. 42′ is inspired by the number 42 from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . See Kaushik’s comment for more details .
Cracked by my dearest partner Vasu , Kaushik Saha , Nishanth Raman , Nitish [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010
A sports entity takes its name from Roman equivalent of the goddess featured below . However , the most famous nickname of this entity is opposite of what the name of the Roman goddess means .
Just name the entity.
This is Hebe , the Roman Goddess of Youth . Her Roman counterpart is Juventas ( which [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2010
Find the MS-12 here.
3 parts . 3 points .
i.) The location in A was the subject of two famous paintings X and Y by Z . Solve for all . ( 1 point )
ii.) Where did the lady ( in B ) go to at the chap’s ( in B ) urging when their marriage [...]
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