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Monthly Archive for September, 2010

Daily Question # 620

Apologies  for  missing  a  question  for  the  last  couple  of  days . A  long  train  journey  is  to  be  blamed . Answers  and  scores  will  be  updated  by  tomorrow  evening . Memorial  commemorating  what ? The  Leyte  Landing  Memorial  in  Palo , Philippines  marks  the  spot  where  the  liberation  forces  of  General  Douglas  MacArthur  landed [...]

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Daily Question # 619

What ? The  Cathedral  of  Light , probably  the  most  stunning  aesthetic  feature  of  the  Nuremberg  Rallies. Cracked  by  Arun , Appu , Nakul , RaklodramA , Bobby , Rajith  Ravi , V Chandrashekar , Devajyoti  Ghosh , Rithwik , Anil  Raghavan  and  FlightlessOne .

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Daily Question # 618

Memorial  to  a  free  soul , in  Norway . Whose ? Keiko  a.k.a  Free  Willy . Cracked  by  Arun , Anoop V , Abhijeet , V  Chandrashekar , Rajith  Ravi , Bobby , Appu , Mayank , Aveen , Nakul  and  Subin .

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Daily Question # 617

The  white  thingy  pictured  here ,  when  complete , will  be  known  as ? The  Pyramid  Stage  at  Glastonbury . Superb  crack  by  Appu , Mayank  and  Nakul .

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Daily Question # 616

A  is  a  band  which  gets  its  name  from  V+W , where  V  is  a  mythological  figure  and  W  is  a  concert  standard . B  features  X  and  is  a  tribute  to  a  work  Y  by  X . Now , band  A  has  parodied  this  work  Y  in  one  of  their  album  covers Z . Solve  for [...]

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Daily Question # 615

Pictured  is  the  first  president  of  a  country . His  popular  name  derives  from  an object/place which  is  one  the  most  visited/important  locations  pertaining  to  a  particular  community . Identify  the  person and  this  object . Quoting  Bobby, “Guadalupe Victoria – First President of Mexico The name is derived from the shrine of the Virgin [...]

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Daily Question # 614

The  object  occupying  the  table ( the  white  thingy )  is  the  world’s  largest  X , where  X  is  something  named  after  Y . This  was  done  to  celebrate  an  event  Z  where  an  eponymous  trophy  is  awarded ( the  one  occupying  the  centre  of  the  X  in  the  pic ) . Solve  for  X [...]

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Daily Question # 613

What ? ‘Zippo  from  Rohit  Bal’ . Lit  up  in  style  by  Mayank , Compulsive  Dabbler , Arun , Anoop  V  and  Anshuman .

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Daily Question # 612

This  is  how  they’d  look  when  viewed  from  each  other . What  are  they ? The  Grande  Arche and  The  Arc  de  Triomphe . Cracked  by  Anoop V , Appu , Yadhu , Bobby , Rajith  Ravi , Arun , Abhijeet , Devajyoti Ghosh , Mayank , Manu Sathian , V Chandrashekar  and  Rithwik .

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Daily Question # 611

What  is  the  height  of  this  monument ? This  is  the Monument  to  the  Great  Fire  of  London , located  near  the  Northern  end  of  the  London  Bridge . It  is  202 ft /61.57 metre  tall  and  marks  the  monument’s  distance  to  the  site  of  Thomas  Farynor, the  king’s  baker’s  shop  in  Pudding  Lane , where  the [...]

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