Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 29th, 2010
He ( or his most famous creation rather ) is in news in India for all the wrong reasons . Who he ? Quoting Bbobby , “Donald Bailey who invented the Bailey Bridge. A Bailey bridge outside the main Commonwealth Games venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi was constructed by the Indian Army to replace [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2010
The model on the left in A is the actual model . The one on the right is the one which became famous . B is a view of whatever is inscribed underneath the model on the right . Just tell me what has been blanked out in B . Christine Keeler of the Profumo [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2010
This is a coin from an ancient North African state depicting something . Just connect the subject of this coin to yesterday . This is a coin from the North African state of Cyrene depicting the stalk of the Silphium plant . The seedpod of the plant was heart-shaped and is suggested as the source [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2010
What brought about this change in tradition ? The tradition of the Union Jack at half-mast replacing the Royal standard at the Buckingham Palace to observe times of mourning started following Princess Diana’s death in 1997 . Read comments for details . Cracked by Appu , Rajith Ravi , Nakul , Yadhu , Bobby , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2010
What does the arrow indicate ? Quoting Appu , “One arrow is pointing to the sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository (now the Dallas County Administration Building) from which Lee Harvey Oswald is said to have shot President Kennedy. The other arrow shows where President Kennedy’s car was at the time of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2010
Just connect . A shows Rembrandt’s “Nightwatch” rolled around a cylinder to be stored during WW II to avoid damage to the painting . “Nightwatch” inspired the second Nachtmusik movement of Gustav Mahler’s ( B ) Seventh Symphony. The opening notes of the second Nachtmusik movement were used as the signature theme of Castrol TV commercials [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 19th, 2010
A and B are different views of a particular location X . Just connect this location X with C . Quoting Appu , “Walden Pond (X), after which Walden Media is named (the production company which is most famous for the Narnia movies, including The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (C))” Only Appu and Praveen [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2010
This Lego tribute won’t go down well with the World Health Organisation . Why ? Quting Nakul “Lucky Luke’s lego sculpture . Lucky Luke was the creation of Maurice De Bevere(Morris). A cigarette used to be the part of character’s profile before Morris won an award from WHO and cigarette was replaced with a wisp [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 17th, 2010
Think laterally for a connect ( Not an exhaustive list ) . A Blue Barnacle paper-weight ( A ) , The ( Eurofighter ) Typhoon ( B ) , Pithecanthropus ( C ) , Troglodytes from Dungeons & Dragons ( D ) and Pneumothorax ( E ) – as Appu said , when in doubt [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2010
Finally , after two years of persistence , he’s done it . All welcome Appu , this time as the new leader on the blog . This goal from the 1970s made him a household name . His technique resulted in the technique itself coming to be named after him . Who ? Antonin Panenka [...]
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