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 [...]
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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 , [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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