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Monthly Archive for October, 2010

Daily Question # 649

Find  the  Monthly  set – 14  here . You  may  have  to  go  a  lil  laterally  on  this  one . All  of  the  following  are  proposed  theories  for  the  origin  of  what ? The  etymology  of  ’Java’ . A – Foxtail  Millet , B – Barley , C – ‘Beyond’ , from  the  Animatrix  series [...]

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Daily Question # 648

A + B = X . X  please . Brian  Jones ( A ) + Jonestown  Massacre ( B ) = Brian  Jonestown  Massacre . Cracked  by  Anon , Bbobby , Ajith , Geevan  George  and  Gokul .

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Daily Question # 647

Find  the  Monthly  Set – 14  here . Whose  statue ? What’s  the  occasion ? Quoting  Appu , “Magician Tommy Cooper’s statue at Caerphilly was given a traditional clown nose and a Stella McCartney-designed T-shirt on Red Nose Day for charity” Cracked  by  Ramki , Arun , Appu , Ajith , Bindu  Amat , Rajith [...]

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Daily Question # 646

Find  the  Monthly  Set – 14  here . Identify  the  goalkeeper  who  failed  to  keep  out  the  spot-kick . Rio  Ferdinand . Cracked  by  Sarvesh , Appu , Nigelt , V  Chandrashekar , Prasanth , Grim , Nishanth  Raman , Freestyler , Ramki , Deepak , Anil  Raghavan , Siddharth  Jain , Yadhu , Rajith [...]

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The Monthly Set – 14

The  Monthly  Set  is  back ! You  know  the  jig . 2  sections , 30  points  to  be  scored . Post  your  answers  as  comments . Make  sure  they  are  in  before  the  30th  of  October . All  the  best ! FIND  THE  MONTHLY  SET – 14  HERE .

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Daily Question # 645

A  specimen  on  display  in  a  Spanish  city . Identify  and  explain . This  is  the  Pig’s  head  which  was  hurled  at  Luis  Figo during  his  return  to  the  Nou  Camp  in  Real  Madrid  colours  in  2002 . Superb  crack  by  Kriti , Arun  and  Nigelt .

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Daily Question # 644

Connect . Quoting  Appu , “The production company of Spike Lee (B) is named 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks after General Sherman’s “Special Field Order 15?, which ordered the distribution of lots of 40 acres and some surplus army mules to some freed black families on the Georgia coast. The giant redwood (A) is [...]

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Daily Question # 643

Name  the  performer . Also  identify  the  object  in  his  hand . Quoting  Nigelt , “David Tennant enacting Hamlet is holding the skull of Pianist Andre Tchaikowsky , who left his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company when he died in 1982 in the hope it would be used on stage, during the famous “Alas, [...]

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Daily Question # 642

Identify  this  19th  century  New  York  building . The  original  Madison  Square  Garden . Cracked  by  Nigelt , Rithwik , Yadhu , Arun , Manu  Sathian , Nakul , Deepthi  Mani , Balakrishnan , Kamal  Rathi , Rajith  Ravi , Bbobby , Ajith  and  Dr Vijaynath .

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Daily Question # 641

Just  identify  this  event ( which  is  ideally  suited  for  namma  Rajini  anna ) . The  Redneck  Games . Cracked  by  Appu , Su , Kriti , Siddharth  Jain , Nigelt , Arun  and  Deepthi  Mani .

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