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Monthly Archive for January, 2010

Daily Question # 463

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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Daily Question # 462

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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Daily Question # 461

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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Daily Question # 460

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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Daily Question # 459

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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Daily Question # 458

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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Daily Question # 457

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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Daily Question # 456

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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Daily Question # 455

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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Daily Question # 454

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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