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Monthly Archive for May, 2010

Daily Question # 553

Apologies  for  the  delay , folks  . This  author  was  in  transit . However , we  are  now  back  in  action  and  will  be  regular  henceforth . Just  connect . Quoting  Nishanth  Raman , “A. Ahn Jung-Hwan, who (in)famously knocked out Italy in the 2002 FIFA WC via a Golden Goal,eventually leading to the termination [...]

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Daily Question # 552

What ? Where ? The  world’s  largest  fresco  by  Adidas  at  the  Cologne  Railway  Station . Read  comments  for  details . Cracked  by  Deepthi  Mani , Subin , Yadhu , Ameya , Rajith  Ravi , Arun , Monu , Rithwik , Siddharth  Jain , Ajith , Manu  Sathian  and  Dhaneesh .

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Daily Question # 551

Connect . The  connect – Wenlock  and  Mandeville , mascots  for  the  2012  Olympics . Wenlock is named after the village of Much Wenlock ( A  is  Wenlock  Edge , famous  natural  attraction  in  Wenlock ) where Pierre de Coubertin visited in 1890 and his idea for a modern Olympics was born. Mandeville is called [...]

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Daily Question # 550

Who  has  been  edited  out  of  this  snap ? Amar  Singh , who  plays  the  role  of  a  musician  in  the  upcoming  film  ‘Bombay  Mittayi’ . Mittayis  to  Arun  AS  and  Rajesh  Mohan  for  the  fantastic  crack .

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Daily Question # 549

What  did  he  purchase  for  a  minute  amount ? Peter  Minuit  got  Manhattan for  a  throwaway  price  of  60  guilders Rithwik , Manu  Sathian , Yadhu , V  Chandrashekar , Hari , Arun , Deepthi  Mani , Rajith  Ravi , Subin , Ravikrishnan R and  Dr  Vijaynath  V  were  at  the  right  end  of  the  [...]

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Daily Question # 548

Both  the  ‘kings’   featured  here  are  key  characters  in  theories  regarding  the  origin  of  something . What ? The  nickname  ‘Der  Kaiser’  for  Franz  Beckenbauer . The  first  theory  states  that  Beckenbauer  posed  for  a  photo  session  right  beside  a  bust  of  the  former  Austrian  emperor  Franz  Joesph I ( A ) after  a  [...]

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Daily Question # 547

We’ll  see him  in  action  soon . Who  is  he ? Matt  Harvey , the  first  official  Wimbledon  poet . Cracked  by  Siddharth  Jain , Arun , Abhijeet , Shijil  and  Subin .

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Daily Question # 546

What  caused  both  of  them  to  break  down  into  tears ? Quoting  Arun , ”Raghu Rai (A) and Pablo Bartholomew( B ) are the two photographers who broke down after taking ‘that’ picture of the Bhopal Gas tragedy. The burial of a child with glazed eyes that graced the front pages being ‘that’ photo” Cracked  [...]

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Daily Question # 545

Connect . Ronnie  James  Dio , R.I.P . He  popularised  the  Devil’s  Horns  Sign ( A )  in  heavy  metal  and  took  up  the  name  Dio after  notorious  mafia  man  Johnny  Dio ( B ) . \m/ \m/  to  Abhijeet , Rajith  Ravi and  CATD ( welcome  bac ! ) . \m/  to  Appu

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Daily Question # 544

What  just  went  boom ? The  exploding  whale which  later  went  on  to  become  an  Internet  sensation . Cracked  by  Nakul , Praneet , Yadhu , Rajith  Ravi , Subin , Kamal  Rathi , Arun and  Ravikrishnan R .

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