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Monthly Archive for February, 2010

Daily Question # 484

X  created  Y  featuring  B  at  something  named  after  A .
Solve  for  all .
Jacques-Louis  David’s ( X )  masterpiece  Napoleon  Crossing  the  Alps ( Y ) shows  Napoleon ( B )  crossing  the  Alps  at  the  Great  St.Bernard  Pass named  after  Saint  Bernard ( A ) .
Only  Freestyler  survived  the  treacherous  pass . Salut !

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Daily Question # 483

Identify  this  person  who  is  very  much  in  news .

Roop  Singh , after  whom  the  stadium  in  Gwalior  is  named .
Kamal  Rathi , Nitish , Sreeram , Nishanth Raman , Kaushik Saha , Rithwik  and  Rajith  Ravi  did  watch  the  match .

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Daily Question # 482

What  is  it  that  we  are  looking  through ?

Quoting  Rajith  Ravi ,
“The hungarian flag, on anniversary of 1956 revolution (October 23rd 2006)
In 1956, revolutionaries removed the Stalinist coat of arms, using the resulting tricolour as a symbol for the revolution. This juxtaposition of a Hungarian riot police filling the void left by a Stalinist [...]

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Daily Question # 481

Who  is  he ? What  is  he  doing ?

Norman  Rockwell  painting  his  ‘Triple Self-portrait’ .
Cracked  by  Dinesh , Anubhav , Yadhu , Manu  Sathian , Sreeram ( glad  to see you back saar ! ) , Nishanth Raman , Venkataramana , Deepthi  Mani , Vasu , Rajith  Ravi , Kashyap , Akshay  Surendra  and  Sahil  [...]

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Daily Question # 480

Identify the  chap  on the  right .

Lucky  Diamond  Rich , the  world’s  most  tattooed  man .
Deepthi  Mani , Vasu  and  Akshay  Surendra  were  spot  on . Splendid  job !

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Daily Question # 479

Connect  A  to  one  of  B’s  better  known  works .
The  connect – Pablo  Escobar
A – The  Escobar  International  Airport  from  GTA : Vice  City , named  after  him .
B – Mark  Bowden , and  the  work  in  question  being  ‘Killing  Pablo: The  Hunt  for  the  world’s  greatest  outlaw’
Uncracked , yet  again .

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Daily Question # 478

A  famous  location  in  England . Something  was  founded  here ( and  named  after  the  location )  in  the  late  19th  century. What ?

This  is  the  Royal  Arsenal  in  Woolwich , London  where  Arsenal  F.C.  took  birth in  1886 .
Uncracked .

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Daily Question # 477

Who  he ?
Zzapi Nercor , the mascot of Pizza Corner .
Cracked  by  Yadhu , Rajith Ravi , Venkataramana , Kashyap , Manu Sathian , Rithwik , Dr Vijaynath , Kamal Rathi , John Rebus , Kaushik Saha , Bobby , Rajappan and Shrey Goyal .

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Daily Question # 476

Connect

Quoting  Siddharth  Jain ,
” AK-47
Mikhail Kalishnikov (the inventor) and Mozambique (the country’s flag proudly displays an AK-47)”
Cracked  by  Siddharth  Jain , Yadhu , Nishanth Raman , Rajith Ravi , Venkataramana , Arun Hiregange and Nihar .

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Daily Question # 475

What does this map depict ?

Hypothesized  locations  of  Altantis .
Uncracked .

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