Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2010
Connect .
Quoting Appu ,
” The Connect – Places named after Saint Ursula and the 11,000 virgins .
A – Cabo Virgenes, named by Ferdinand Magellen because he reached it on 21st Oct, the feast day of Saint Ursula and the 11,000 virgins.
B – Virgin Islands, named by Christopher Columbus as Santa Ursula y las Once Mil [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2010
Today’s question comes from Prasanth John .
Just connect .
Quoting Frank Anthony ( via Facebook ) ,
“Gerard Butler ( A ) acted in Ps. I love you – a film adaption of the novel by the same name written by Cecilia Ahern daughter of Bertie Ahern ( B ) (Former Irish Government Head) . His other [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2010
Today’s question , once again , comes from Mr.AAS . If you have a question you would like to feature on this blog , mail it to captain.chandrakant@gmail.com .
All legitimate claimants for what ?
Quoting Appu ,
“The three players with legitimate claims to be the first African American basketball player in the NBA. Each satisfied a [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2010
Today’s question comes from Arun AS , known by the moniker AAS in quizzing circles
Connect .
Mark Shuttleworth ( A ) , Guido van Rossum ( B ) , Patrick Volkerding ( C ) , Larry Wall ( D ) and Adrian Holovaty ( E ) have all been referred to as Benevolent Dictator [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2010
Colourful ? Or an eerie monster ? You decide .
This is Bessie , the bronze statuette awarded to the winner of the Orange Prize for fiction . [ The eerie monster clue being a reference to Bessie , the Lake Erie monster ] .
Uncracked , yet again .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 24th, 2010
Connect ( or contrast ) .
Screeching Weasel’s ( B ) album title ‘How to make enemies and irritate people’ was a parody of Dale Carnegie’s ’How to win friends and Influence People’ ( A ) .
Uncracked . Everyone went for the wrong parody .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 24th, 2010
THE SCORES
1. Arun Hiregange – 6
2. Jyothi – 5
3. Ayush Jain – 5
4. Yadhu – 4
5. Dr Vijaynath – 4
6. Rithwik – 4
7. Venkataramana – 4
8. Prasanth – 4
9. Sophie – 3
10. Monu – 3
11. Rajith Ravi – 3
12. Manjith – 2
13. Nishanth Raman – 2
14. Nihar – 2
Find the answers here .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 23rd, 2010
May peace be upon him . What is he holding ?
Quoting Nishanth Raman ,
“Peace for our time – Neville Chamberlain showing the piece of paper upon which the Munich agreement of 1938 b/w UK and Nazi Germany was agreed upon”
Cracked by Rajith Ravi , Ayush Jain , Appu , Nishanth Raman , V Chandrasekhar , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2010
What are those structures you see in the sea and on the beach ?
Mulberry Harbours used during Operation Overlord .
Manjith was the only one who had a safe landing . I shall give to Appu and Compulsive Dabbler as well .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2010
Which event ?
Quoting Abhijeet ,
“Michael Johnson vs Donovan Bailey at Toronto’s SkyDome in 1997.
Though Bailey was the 100m champion,Johnson was considered to be the world’s fastest man.Earlier in the spring of 1997, Johnson began performing television promotions in which he billed himself as “the world’s fastest man” as a result of his 200 meters world [...]
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