Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2011
A is a model of X . B and C are stills from a film Y inspired by X . Name X and Y . Tatlin’s Tower ( X ) and Tower Bawher ( Y ) . Nakul , Fifthape , Dibyo , Balakrishnan , Rithwik , Appu S , Ajith P , Yadhu , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 26th, 2011
What is the colourful thingy on the right ? This is the last page of the CD booklet of Coldplay’s “X & Y” . The image is a graphical representation of the Baudot Code ( and so are the remaining images in the booklet ) and reads “Make Trade Fair” , the Oxfam campaign which [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 26th, 2011
All scores till Q No. 708 have been updated . ANSWERS 1. La Princesse , the famous mechanical spider performing in Yokohama as part of the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Yokohama port . 2. Barbara Garson’s MacBird! that superimposed the struggle for power following the Kennedy assassination onto the plot of Shakespeare’s Macbeth . [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 25th, 2011
All scores and answers will be updated tomorrow . A fairly simple one for the day . Just connect . The connect – Films directed by Tom Hooper . ‘Red Dust’ was based on the novel of the same name by Gillian Slovo ( A ) , ‘The Damned United’ on David Peace‘s ( B [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2011
Portrait of X as Y . Gimme both . Johnny Depp as Hunter S Thompson . Cracked by Jins , Fifthape , Rithwik , Nakul , NigelT , Dibyo , Appu , MrsGollum and Visitor .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 20th, 2011
We have a special question for the day . This question was mailed in by Sreeram ( thanks for that Saar ) a few years back and I’ve wanted to ask it on the blog someday . And today happens to be that day Identify the chap in the centre . Also name the movie [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 18th, 2011
Keep it zimble. Whose hands be these? While on the subject, we are considering banning Appu from answering for a month. Please send us your thoughts on this proposal. Georgia O’Keeffe . Cracked by Rithwik , Nakul , Appu , Yadhu , Appu S , Manu Sathian , Balakrishnan , Dibyo , Ashok , NigelT [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2011
Magazine article about a Palme d’Or winning film ( A ) and a South American football club ( B ) . Who connects ? Adhemar da Silva , the legendary Brazilian triple jump champion . He famously played the role of Death in Marcel Camus’s ’Orpheu Negro‘ ( A ) , Palme d’Or winner in [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2011
A is most famous for the structures depicted in B . However , it was C’s ( not pictured ) arrival that resulted in A and B’s sudden rise to fame . Solve for A , B and C . Cure Cottages of Saranac Lake ( B ) [ A being the map of the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13th, 2011
A based the idea on B’s most famous work and the man seated in C . Which idea ? The Man in the Hathaway Shirt . David Ogilvy ( A ) was the mastermind behind the campaign and he based it on James Thurber’s ( B ) ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ and Lewis [...]
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